In the Name of the Father

  • 1993


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Positive Reviews 26
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Average Rating 3.9/5
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2.0
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa R performer Daniel Day Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson director Jim Sheridan author Terry George, Ji .. EW
3.8
proves here once again that he is one of the most talented and interesting actors of his generation. Rogerebert
4.5
Sheridans movie seeks to engage and enrage. Its not, however, a film with an ideological axe to sharpen, but one which unfolds, with a sense of passio .. Time Out
1.0
Part courtroom drama, part jail house memoir, part political statement, the story lacks focus and ultimately runs out of dramatic impetus.It also lack ..
5.0
In the midst of this detailed miscarriage of justice, Day Lewis is wonderfully understated and touchingly believable as Conlon.
4.5
Pulse thundering in your head, a backbeat of blood that drowns out reason, the only thought you can form: This cant be happening!.Thats the feeling of ..
4.0
I knew the central father son story could be universal..One of the pleasures of the movie is in measuring how much dramatic license was taken in veeri .. The New York Times
4.0
Letter perfect performances from Day Lewis and Postlethwaite do a lot more than a dozen editorials to make an unforgettable point about the miscarriag ..
5.0
A riveting drama directed by Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot), In the Name of the Father is about Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day Lewis), a Belfast youth who alon .. Spirituality And Practice
2.0
Also in a positive note, theres the gripping personal story and the nasty exposure of British courtroom injustice. Sover
5.0
Ms. Thompsons court speech alone is worth the price of admission, and represents one of the most stirring moments in recent cinema. ReelViews
4.4
Sheridan takes a controversial subject and gives it wider appeal by focusing on the family drama of two men who are also political prisoners. Tv Guide
4.0
Review Our Score by Sue Heal This is a stirring and exceptionally well acted, though controversial, dramatisation of Gerry Conlons book about the grav .. Radio Times
4.5
But while his filmmaking is not brilliant or innovative, its still remarkably powerful, building to a finale thats as wrenching and exciting as anythi .. Cs Monitor
3.8
Most of the way, however, this is rousing stuff, and the performances especially those by Day Lewis and Postlethwaite are definitely Oscar caliber. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.1
For me, the film only had a few good parts, but these were so outstanding that I give it thumbs up, and rated it ** 1/2. Internet Reviews
3.0
This film, although still being good, had capacity to be really great. Internet Reviews
3.0
In this powerful, Oscar nominated movie, Jim Sheridan infuses a fact based social injustice drama with a more intimate family tale of estranged father .. Emanuellevy
4.5
The picture turns into a kind of stylized morality play about the right and the wrong ways for Irishmen to respond to distorted portraits of their cha .. New Yorker
5.0
They dont slide with the burly grace of stunt men; they topple clumsily, bumping into one another, robbed of dignity even in their dying. Time
4.0
Its not a big role, but like everything involved in this fleet, impassioned movie, its lit with fervor. News Week
4.5
Director Sheridan chronicles the father son relationship perfectly and also handles the courtroom confrontations skilfully without ever falling into m .. Film 4
4.5
Fueled by a righteous jaccuse kind of anger, the movies enjoy nothing more than fulminating against miscarriages of justice and defending the ill trea .. La Times
4.5
The actings so good it frequently transcends the simplicities of the script, and whenever Day Lewis or Postlethwaite is on screen the movie crackles. Chicago Reader
4.4
Adult minds will race ahead to the finish line, but kids may get involved. Articles Chicago Tribune
1.5
If Sheridan didnt feel the need to pile on the pedantic subtexts, this would be an absorbing personal drama, rather than a vituperative, question begg .. People
4.4
At every point, Day Lewis is at the center of the story, and he carries the film with an impassioned performance. It helps that its a great part. Seattle Times
4.0
His intense but measured performance lends an air of dignity to the film and raises the emotional stakes. Articles Orlando Sentinel
5.0
Day Lewis, so intricately repressed in The Age of Innocence, here offers a role reversal in an unreserved and emotional performance that throws cautio .. Articles Philly
4.0
The wrong man is fingered for an act of terrorism committed by the Irish Republican Army in London.Because he is Irish and the British government need .. Articles Sun Sentinel
2.5
But in trying to make too many important statements at once, the film becomes a muddled mess of abstractions, lacking any real emotional weight.Back u .. Paloalto Online



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