A parent and a child. The past and the present. Memories and secrets. Can you know someone for a lifetime.... and not know them at all? The life of a father. Through the journey of a son.
| Cast |
Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Gina McKee, Sarah Lancashire, Elaine Cassidy, Claire Skinner, Matthew Beard, Bradley Johnson |
| Director |
Anand Tucker |
| Screenplay | David Nicholis, from the book by Blake Morrison |
| Music | Barrington Pheloung |
| Cinematography | Howard Atherton |
| Editing | Trevor Waite |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Archer Street Productions, Audley Films, Bord Scannan na hEireann, EM Media, Father Features, Film4, Intandem Films, Number 9 Films, UK Film Council |
Official Site | IMDB page
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Infrequently strong |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Several fairly strong implied scenes. |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Themes in this movie are fairly mature and have to do with a boy growing up and watching his father indulge in extra marital relationships with women. |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Anthony Quinn | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Ronel Nel | 15 |  |
| Cape Times Terri Dunbar-Curran | 10 | |
| 24.com | 10 | |
| BBC Stella Papamichael  You will be left with good memories. | 20 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert This is a film of regret, and judging by what we see of the characters, it deserves to be. | 15 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson And while it may be churlish to complain that a male weepie about the passing of a patriarch is sentimental, this is still soggier than a washcloth. | 5 |  |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli n an era when conclusions more often spoil a motion picture than provide closure, it's a pleasure to watch a movie where this is done right. | 15 | |
| Metacritic.com 24 critics | 13 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 83 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Sensitive to a fault, Tucker's adaptation of the Morrison novel is nonetheless solidly scripted and well-acted; guard your heartstrings. | 14 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 778 Netizens An honest and unsentimental film | 14 | |
Average .. 64% | 13 | |