This Is My Father Review |
by Scott Renshaw |
THIS IS MY FATHER
(Sony Classics)
Starring: Aidan Quinn, James Caan, Moya Farrelly, Jacob Tierney, Moira
Deady, Colm Meaney.
Screenplay: Paul Quinn.
Producers: Nicholas Clermont and Philip King.
Director: Paul Quinn.
MPAA Rating: R (adult themes,...more |
This Is My Father Review |
by Edwin Jahiel |
THIS IS MY FATHER(US/Ireland) **1/4 Written & directed by Paul
Quinn. Photography, Declan Quinn. Editing, Glen Berman. Production
design, Frank Conway. Music, Donal Lunny. Cast: James Caan (Kieran
Johnson), Aidan Quinn, (Kieran O'Day), Moya Farrelly...more |
This Is My Father Review |
by Susan Granger |
Susan Granger's review of "THIS IS MY FATHER" (Sony Pictures Classics)
This Irish romantic drama is a uniquely personal collaboration
between first-time writer-director Paul Quinn and his brothers Aidan
Quinn ("Michael Collins," "Practical...more |
This Is My Father Review |
by Steve Rhodes |
The Quinn brothers' THIS IS MY FATHER is such an obvious labor of love
that it is a shame that it doesn't have more depth. Primarily set in a
1939 Ireland that seems a half-century earlier still, the film waxes
nostalgic for a time that probably never...more |
This Is My Father Review |
by Jon Popick |
This film is supposedly a true story told to the filmmakers by their
grandmother. If it was any other family besides the Quinns, nobody else
would ever have heard this emotional yarn, let alone crafted it into an
amazing picture. This is My Father is...more |
This Is My Father Review |
by Harvey S. Karten |
Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Paul Quinn
Writer: Paul Quinn
Cast: Aidan Quinn, Declan Quinn, James Caan, Jacob
Tierney, Colm Meaney, Moira Deady, Moya Farrelly, Gina
Moxley, Stephen Rea more |
This Is My Father Review |
by Mark R Leeper |
THIS IS MY FATHER (Canadian/Irish)
A review by Mark R. Leeper in bullet-list form
from the Toronto Internation Film Festival more |