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In The Name Of The Father on DVD (1993)
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This is a stirring and exceptionally well acted, though controversial, dramatisation of Gerry Conlon's book about the grave miscarriage of justice suffered by the Guildford Four. Daniel Day-Lewis is highly impressive as Conlon, a naive young Irishman who couldn't blow his own hat off, arrested by the police for terrorist bombings along with three equally unlikely friends. The rest, as they say, is history and, as directed by Jim Sheridan, who worked with Day-Lewis on My Left Foot, the story packs an enormous dramatic punch. Pete Postlethwaite is brilliant as Conlon's bemused and hapless father, and the only false note is struck by Emma Thompson, who's hopelessly miscast (albeit Oscar-nominated) as the Four's solicitor. Don't miss.
A true story, filled with a righteous indignation and deftly told, but debasing its own authenticity with its final, hollow court-room scene which is not only completely invented and inaccurate in its portrayal of British procedure, but is played like the Time Out Sheridan's movie seeks to engage and enrage. It's not, however, a film with an ideological axe to sharpen, but one... Read more on www.timeout.com Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most HelpfulMost Recent Reviews |
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