Review - When Did You Last See Your Father?
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER? [PG-13]
review by Robin Clifford
Blake Morrison (Colin Firth) has had a love-hate relationship with his father, Arthur (Jim Broadbent), since he was a child. Now, his general practitioner dad has become a patient himself, diagnosed as terminally ill with cancer. Blake remembers his father, his flaws, foibles, indiscretions and browbeating as he comes to terms with the man who influenced him, good or bad.
This mixed bag film has several quality elements and one major problem, and that problem is Colin Firth (Mamma Mia!). As the older Blake, he is a blank cipher who has little expression and looks as if he is distressed, almost constipated. Firth is usually likable as an actor, so the script and director must take some responsibility for his misstep here; Firth’s Blake is central to the film so the lack of personality or character is too noticeable.
Better, though, is […]
Original post by Robert Newton
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