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And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) Certificate 12

And When Did You Last See Your Father?
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Rated 3.5 stars
Average rating
(66%)
 
Starring: Jim Broadbent | Colin Firth | Juliet Stevenson | Gina McKee | Sarah Lancashire | Matthew Beard | Elaine Cassidy | Claire Skinner
Director: Anand Tucker
Studio: BUENA VISTA
Run time: 92 mins
Genres: Drama
Languages: English
Hearing-impaired: English
Subtitles: English
Released: February 04, 2008

And When Did You Last See Your Father? is Blake Morrison's moving and candid memoir of his father in the weeks leading up to his death.

When Arthur Morrison was diagnosed with terminal cancer he had only a few weeks left to live. Blake Morrison traveled to Yorkshire to stay with his mother in the village where he grew up. He visits his father at the hospital where he had spent so much time with his own patients as a GP. As his father's condition worsened Morrison contemplates their shared experiences, the intimacies and the irritations of their relationship. After his father's death Morrison questions the nature of the bond between them, articulately expressing the contradictions, frustrations, love and loss bound into the complicated relationships which most of us have with our parents as we grow up.

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69 out of 76 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 3.0 stars
Another British winner

PaulaWestwood from , 9th October, 2007

This is an excellently filmed and acted fact based drama about loss and understanding, everything about this is quality and the atmosphere is just right. Be warned, it is not the happiest movie out there, but it explores the interaction of family life from the 60s to the present day to absolute perfection. If you are looking for action and pace this would not be a film for you, if you are looking for a thoughful insight into the hopes, fears and regrets of a British family then this completely hits the mark. That it is based on a true story makes it all the more poignant. Another winner in a year of excellent UK film output.

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13 out of 13 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 5.0 stars
A Beautiful Thought Provoking Film

A Customer from Cheshire England, 18th February, 2008

I loved this film it was so true to life How many adolescents get the wrong end of the stick of their parents lives and how many are unable to say to their parents and parents to their children the simple words 'I love you' And then comes the time when it is too late. This film is beautiful acted, Jim Broadbent is great as the larger than life father, who embarasses his son with his snide remarks and over the top actions. But underneath he is terribly proud of his son's achievents. To my mind Colin Fiirth can do no wrong - and his performance as the son, deserves an award .- In this film he struggles with his feelings for his father although he desperately wants to understand and love him. Then he comes to terms with the fact that very nearly its a case of 'like father like son' .

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12 out of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
enjoy a must see film

welleyboot from , 21st February, 2008

ive been looking forward to this film for some time and having not long after my dad past away i liked to watch this film it bought back a lot of memorys of me in the way my dad was to me and although it is a sad film and yes it did make me cry and i am a man myself it was also a very funny film aswell and a brill film to watch the acting was brill at also goes to show that life is to short and you should make the most out of life and always love your loved ones as one day they wont be there

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9 out of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 5.0 stars
Thought provoking

nobby50 from , 10th February, 2008

Having just watched this very enjoyable film I would recommend it to any father/son to remind us all how important it is to stop and think that life is short. This true story is a perfect example of this. Excellent acting from Jim Broadbent and a quite brilliant supportng cast.

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Most recent reviews

Rated 4.0 stars
Brilliant

A Customer from Basildon, 8th March, 2010

wonderfully acted beautifully shot film I had never heard of this film but would recomend it to any one give it a watch moves along but with a gentle pace very understated

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Rated 3.0 stars
And when did you last see your father?

A Customer from Northern Scotland, 4th March, 2010

If you are looking for a gentle paced, film, charting the lives of a family and in particular a father and son. If you want laughter and tears, thought provoking situations afabulous british cast and a middle class film. A 'sunday afternoon film,' this is the film for you.

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Rated 3.0 stars
When did you last see your father?

daisymaisy from , 27th February, 2010

This was rather frustrating, as it was so disjointed, and you were forced to piece the fragments together as it swung backwards and forwards between the past and the present. However, I did like it, especially as it was a true story, and Jim Broadbent is alway an amazing actor, I think.

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Rated 3.0 stars
When did you last see your father

moda from , 12th February, 2010

A good British movie basically about family relationships under duress. Colin Firth playing the emotionally inadequate son and husband to a tee. Strong cast with Juliet Stevenson as the mother similarly unable to show her true feelings but it makes for a fascinating study in what goes on behind closed doors !

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