Onwards and Sideways

2026 • 1h 45m • Comedy, Drama

100%Rotten Tomatoes

Tony Evans is the deputy head of a local primary school. Emma Dretzin is a pianist, composer and single mother of two daughters. Neither knows the other until a startling encounter changes the course of their lives: on the same morning, they are both confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s.

Director

John Madden

Writers

Paul Mayhew-Archer

Status

Released