And When Did You Last See Your Father?
The movie expresses the complex, manifold emotional layers of a father-and-son relationship as it shifts and evolves over the passing decades, and particularly, it tells the story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
14 April 1964, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
31 December 1979, Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland
21 March 1983, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
30 October 1956, Essex, England, UK
1964, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK
1969, West Yorkshire, England, UK
24 May 1949, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
10 September 1960, Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK
August 10, 2014
...a disappointingly by-the-numbers drama that rarely lives up to the effectiveness of its performances.
November 01, 2008
A keen and candid subjective scrutiny of parenting through the eyes of a damaged offspring, but a relentlessly grim, insular perspective that rarely ventures outside those long festering psychological wounds.
July 11, 2008
Everything in Water Lilies is more guarded, more complex and far more interesting than it seems.
October 18, 2008
It's Broadbent's movie, and he really does go from one-foot-in-the-grave to youthful and crackling-with-charisma on a dime. It's not so much that he does it, but that it seems so effortless and non-ostentatious.
June 29, 2008
What ensures our pleasure is the dialogue, which is supple, and the quality of the acting.
August 29, 2008
Frustratingly stagnant at times but ultimately a moving story about a dying father and the son who must come to terms with him.
June 27, 2008
Strong performances carry this familiar but always intelligent British rites-of-passage story about a philandering doctor and his much-mocked son.
July 04, 2008
A small, beautifully acted piece adapted from the British poet Blake Morrison's memoir.
November 06, 2008
A bore of a memoir.
October 01, 2008
A small, intimate film with numerous flashbacks like this one is trickier than it looks, but ultimately it touches the heart and proves a worthwhile journey perfectly timed for Father's Day.
October 18, 2008
The winning aspect of this adaptation of a best-selling autobiography is in the director's management of the points of view.
October 18, 2008
The performances are marvelous, and little moments ring all too true, making Tucker's film rewarding if not illuminating.
