In the Name of the Father

Release Date:Rating:

January 1st, 1993

Genres:

Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Action/Adventure

Subgenres:

Historical, Legal, Medical, Military, Period Piece, Political, Prison, Prostitution, Teenage, True Story, War

Plot Synopsis:

The Movie Starts with a young man Colin Who grows up in an Ireland occupied by the Brittish, he steals scrap metal for a living, he travells to Brittain and suddely gets mistaken for an IRA...

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Directed: Jim Sheridan Written: NA
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, John Lynch (II), Corin Redgrave

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100

Jim Sheridan skillfully interweaves a myriad of subplots and themes into a fast-paced, cohesive whole.
by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
[+] Austin Chronicle

100

For in relating the true story of Conlon's wrongful conviction and 15-year imprisonment, Sheridan has used the tools of the filmmaker to evoke a visceral echo of Conlon's waking nightmare.
by Robert Faires | Read Full Review »
[+] Variety

100

But the filmmakers have invigorated and enriched the story through the use of a thousand details, a strong sense of time and place, outstanding characterizations and a display of energy and cinematic flair that marks an advance on "My Left Foot."
by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
[+] Entertainment Weekly

91

Sheridan, however, works with such piercing fervor and intelligence that In the Name of the Father just about transcends its tidy moral design.
by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
[+] The New York Times

90

And, riskiest of all, the film makers eschewed another grainy documentary go at the subject in favor of a movie drama of one of the most compelling true stories of the modern troubles.
by Francis X. Clines | Read Full Review »
[+] Washington Post

90

In the Name of the Father is as good a compromise of fact and fiction as you could hope for -- and still call it a movie.
by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »
[+] The New Republic

90

Sheridan and colleagues understood their chief problem: how to sustain interest in a story that was well-known in advance, not a large historical subject with its own prestige but a news story now dated. So they concentrated on character and on acid irony. [03 Jan 1994 Pg. 28]
by Stanley Kauffmann | Read Full Review »
[+] The New Yorker

90

The picture turns into a kind of stylized morality play about the right and the wrong ways for Irishmen to respond to distorted portraits of their character, and it's terrifically effective.
by Terrence Rafferty | Read Full Review »
[+] TV Guide

88

Though the facts have been manipulated in the interests of drama--Gerry and Giuseppe were never imprisoned together, etc.--this has been done in a brave and responsible way, shedding light on an important episode in recent history.
by Staff(not credited) | Read Full Review »
[+] Chicago Reader

80

But the acting's so good it frequently transcends the simplicities of the script, and whenever Day-Lewis or Postlethwaite is on-screen the movie crackles.
by Jonathan Rosenbaum | Read Full Review »
[+] Time

80

By the end of the movie, whether or not you're a member of Sinn Fein, the Brits' brutality toward the Conlons will get your Irish up.
by Richard Corliss | Read Full Review »
[+] Los Angeles Times

80

Strongly tied to a powerful underlying reality (though it inevitably tends to simplify), this film has the additional advantage of being concerned with the emotional truth of its key relationships, adding an unusual father and son story to its incendiary mix. [29 Dec 1993 Pg. F1]
by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
[+] Chicago Sun-Times

75

The movie does a harrowing job of showing how, and why, a man might be made to confess to a bombing he didn't commit.
by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
[+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

63

He gets much of what he wants, but not all of it, and not all of the time - the film is just too eclectic on occasion, a bit jumpy in its tone and its pacing.
by Rick Groen | Read Full Review »
[+] Washington Post

50

Based on Gerry Conlon's own account of his arrest and subsequent incarceration, the film takes forever to do what "60 Minutes" does with the same meat in a single segment.
by Rita Kempley | Read Full Review »

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