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05/13/09
When Did You Last See Your Father? (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 90
Fresh: 65
Rotten:25
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Consensus: Sensitive to a fault, Tucker's adaptation of the Morrison novel is nonetheless solidly scripted and well-acted; guard your heartstrings.
Theatrical Release:Jun 6, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $732,392
Synopsis: Celebrated English actors Jim Broadbent and Colin Firth team up for this moving drama about a father and son. Based on Blake Morrison's autobiographical novel, WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER?... [More]
Starring: Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Juliet Stevenson, Gina McKee
Director: Anand Tucker
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Reviews for When Did You Last See Your Father?
A bore of a memoir.
11/06/08
A keen and candid subjective scrutiny of parenting through the eyes of a damaged offspring, but a relentlessly grim, insular perspective that rarely ventures outside those long festering psychological wounds.
11/01/08
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10/18/08
It's Broadbent's movie, and he really does go from one-foot-in-the-grave to youthful and crackling-with-charisma on a dime. It's not so much that he does it, but that it seems so effortless and non-ostentatious.
10/18/08
The performances are marvelous, and little moments ring all too true, making Tucker’s film rewarding if not illuminating.
10/18/08
The winning aspect of this adaptation of a best-selling autobiography is in the director's management of the points of view.
10/18/08
Top CriticA small, intimate film with numerous flashbacks like this one is trickier than it looks, but ultimately it touches the heart and proves a worthwhile journey perfectly timed for Father’s Day.
10/01/08
...a movie that would probably be better off as a poem.
09/09/08
"Father" handles things with grace, wit and a healthy dose of authenticity, staying true to author Blake Morrison's clear-eyed memoir of the same name.
09/04/08
Frustratingly stagnant at times but ultimately a moving story about a dying father and the son who must come to terms with him.
08/29/08
The film puts forth the idea that the best we ever get are reflections and fragmented images of others, as if we see things entirely through prisms or distorting glass.
08/06/08
Firth gives one of his most stitched-up performances as the adult Blake. Maybe he overdoes it but I don't think so. His aloofness, with its awkward hesitancies and ragged bursts of feeling, means that it's all the more moving when he finally lets go.
08/01/08
Grief is difficult to portray without being morbid, and despite valiant efforts to follow in the footsteps of Big Fish, which swept us away with uplifting reminiscences and amusing anecdotes, this drama struggles to find its equilibrium.
07/25/08
Blake Morrison's pain is invasive and all-embracing as recounted in his book and repeated in this adaptation, which is a wake and a weep for a father lost to male failures of communication.
07/25/08
When Firth and Broadbent share screen time, it's very watchable. Despite their proximity in real-life ages, they're convincing as son and father.
07/23/08
Everything in Water Lilies is more guarded, more complex and far more interesting than it seems.
07/11/08
Top CriticIn this delicate and understated portrait of selective reminiscence by Shopgirl director Anand Tucker, the now-grown son, played by Colin Firth, returns to the scene of the crime that was his childhood.
07/11/08
When Did You Last See Your Father? is based on a true story, but it still feels contrived.
07/11/08
Though ... well-acted by Firth, Broadbent and Juliet Stevenson, the slow pacing makes it feel as if everyone is walking through a waist-deep bog of emotional reserve.
07/10/08
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