The Good Father
by Mike Newell
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Actor: Anthony Hopkins, Frances Viner, Harriet Walter, Jim Broadbent, Simon CallowDirector: Mike Newell
Brand: Image Entertainment
Cinematographer: Michael Coulter
Editor: Peter Hollywood
Producer: Ann Scott
Writer: Christopher Hampton
Writer: Peter Prince
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-07-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Homevision
Movie Reviews of The Good Father
Movie Review: A small and stinging film about the perils of divorce
Summary: 4 Stars
The 1987 UK film THE GOOD FATHER'S cast and crew reads like a who's who of British Cinema creme de la creme: Mike Newell directed (HARRY POTTER GOBLET OF FIRE,MONA LISA SMILE,AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE);Christopher Hampton screenplay (Oscar for DANGEROUS LIAISONS,QUIET AMERICAN,TOTAL ECLIPSE) and actors such as Anthony Hopkins,Jim Broadbent,Simon Callow,Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Fry.BIG NAMES...but a small an independent film that looks at the complex emotions of couples breaking up and the bitter wars that develop over the children.This is NOT a simple,straightforward story;it is full of very complex emotionally charged material that does not try to give easy answers to these issues;instead Christopher Hampton is willing to simply let the "chips fall where they may" and let "the doodoo hit the fan" in order to show that divorce simply is not cut and dry.People get hurt and often intense misunderstanding and vengeance rears its ugly head.Much of this films narrative is told in small bits of dialogue and terse scenes while exposing the fleeting and transient volatile emotions that each character experiences.In short,Hopkins has left his wife and son.Jim Broadbent's wife has left him and taken his son.Hopkins works out his anger by convincing Broadbent to pursue a nasty custody battle that will discredit his wife and award him custody.Simon Callow and Miriam Margolyes are the two opposing lawyers accusing and defending.All of this is set with the backdrop of the emergence of Margaret Thatcher's English reign on the horizon.Each character DOES reach an epiphany of sorts,but it is enlightenment that will simply take them into the next uncomfortable chapter of life.This film is not a pleasant or enjoyable view.How can it be? It shows life with all of its ugly warts.What you learn, though, is priceless.Sometimes, that's what film intend to be;that is social commentaries on human ugliness!
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