Barney's Version

3 Ratings: 3.7

A movie directed by Richard J. Lewis

Barney's Version is a 2010 Canadian drama film directed by Richard J. Lewis, based on the novel of the same name by Mordecai Richler. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. … see full wiki

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Cast: Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Mark Addy, Bruce Greenwood, Scott Speedman, Mark Camacho, see all

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 23 December 2010

MPAA Rating: R

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review by ryguy4738. August 06, 2011

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Pleasent and often darkly humorous; an appealing new Giamatti film.

*** out of **** There's something that I like about Paul Giamatti when it comes to his actions and his speech. He's almost an awkward man; but he's good at being that guy. He's played assholes before his character in "Barney's Version", but this one takes the cake. It's a good movie with a couple good stars and one very great one; and I'm sure you can guess who that is. It makes the most out of the source material, which is a novel written by Mordecai Richler. I haven't read … more

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review by Chris_Pandolfi. January 18, 2011

posted in Movie Hype

An Unreliable Life Story

Star Rating: Part of what makes Barney’s Version so absorbing is that it’s intentionally told from an unreliable point of view. Much of the last thirty-five years of Barney Panofsky’s life unfold over the course of nearly two and a half hours, and yet there’s a noticeable lack of information. You may be tempted to think (1) that screenwriter Michael Konyves glossed over a few too many details from Mordecai Richler’s novel, or (2) … more

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