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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   1,496 votes
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Director:
Anand Tucker
Writers:
Blake Morrison (book) and
David Nicholls (screenplay)
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Release Date:
5 October 2007 (Ireland) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
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. more
Plot:
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 9 nominations more
User Comments:
Superbly crafted film, great performances and genuinely touching more (25 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jim Broadbent ... Arthur

Colin Firth ... Blake

Juliet Stevenson ... Kim
Gina McKee ... Kathy
Sarah Lancashire ... Beaty

Elaine Cassidy ... Sandra
Claire Skinner ... Gillian
Matthew Beard ... Blake - Teen
Bradley Johnson ... Blake - Child
Chris Middleton ... Racing Steward
Elliot Avery ... Peter
Rhiannon Howden ... Sophie
Tom Butcher ... Dr. Taggart
Alannah Barlow ... Gillian - Child
Tara Berwin ... Gillian - Teen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
When Did You Last See Your Father? (USA) (new title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, thematic material and brief strong language.
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
UK | Ireland
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
Matthew Beard wore brown coloured contact lenses in order to look more like Colin Firth. more
Quotes:
Sandra: You should never ever wish anyone dead. What if it became true? more
Movie Connections:
References A Matter of Life and Death (1946) more

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24 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
Superbly crafted film, great performances and genuinely touching, 6 October 2007
8/10
Author: standeman1984 from United Kingdom

No other actor could have played Jim Broadbent's part. He's fantastic as the stout father, who can never quite relay his intimate feelings and emotions to his son, who is played with understated brilliance by Colin Firth. Sarah Lancashire deserves a mention, who has a small part but delivers with consistent aplomb (she's great on the telly), and Matthew Beard as the young Blake Morrison, upon whom the film and book are auto-biographically based.

As his father lays on his deathbed, the son recounts his childhood memories of the part his dad played in his life, whether funny, mean, sad or eccentric. Smart direction plus great lead performances, at least one of which is definitely worthy of an Oscar, adds to the overall emotional connection with the audience and culminates with a surprisingly touching ending, despite it's inevitability.

Having seen the film with my mum, who not only read the book by Blake Morrison, but had a father much like the one portrayed in the film, I found it all the more connectible. But this is not to say it is not for everyone. I think we can all relate to the fathers who can never quite express how they truly feel, and the childhoods spent moping and dwelling on seemingly world-shattering things.

The cinema i saw this in had about ten people at most, which is shocking! We need to see more British films like this, if just to keep the British film industry going. It deserves to fill a theatre and gain much more exposure than it currently has, regardless of those who might say it would have been better placed on television.

It is a superb film, thoughtfully shot, very well written and a joy to be in the company of for all of it's ninety minutes. And yes, I cried at the end. Sniff. But maybe you will too.

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