This is an intelligent drama that radiates quality.

| Apr 25, 2023

It may be sentimental, but only in the best ways, and I defy anyone to not feel their eyes burn in the films final moments.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 6, 2019

There are, alas, true weaknesses in this adaptation - too many close-ups of Colin Firth with tears in his eyes is one; too many mirror reflections are another - but it is neatly executed with a well-crafted script.

| Jan 30, 2018

When Did You Last See Your Father? isn't so much a film by a director as a fantasy sprung straight from the mind of its narcissistic writer and subject.

| Aug 21, 2017

...a disappointingly by-the-numbers drama that rarely lives up to the effectiveness of its performances.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 10, 2014

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 24, 2011

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

A bore of a memoir.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 6, 2008

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.

| Nov 1, 2008

| Original Score: B | Oct 18, 2008

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2008

The winning aspect of this adaptation of a best-selling autobiography is in the director's management of the points of view.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 18, 2008

The performances are marvelous, and little moments ring all too true, making Tucker's film rewarding if not illuminating.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: A- | Oct 18, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2008

A 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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 1, 2008

...a movie that would probably be better off as a poem.

| Original Score: 83/100 | Sep 9, 2008

"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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 4, 2008

Frustratingly stagnant at times but ultimately a moving story about a dying father and the son who must come to terms with him.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 29, 2008