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Romulus, My Father (2007 movie)

3 Ratings: 1.7
A movie directed by Richard Roxburgh

   As bleak but just as often as exquisitely beautiful as the Australian landscape where it takes place,Romulus, My Fatheris a film that reminds us that there's no explaining the mystery of family ties--not the ones that bend or even break, … see full wiki

Director: Richard Roxburgh
Genre: Drama
Release Date: February 29, 2008
MPAA Rating: R
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review by . October 29, 2008
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Pros: Kodi Smit-McPhee carries what there is of a movie very well      Cons: Poorly casted and terribly edited      The Bottom Line: The story is simply poorly told.  Kodi Smit-McPhee is fantastic but the movie itself is, quite honestly, not worth his talents.      Plot Details: This opinion reveals minor details about the movie''s plot.      Romulus, My Father is a bio-pic of about 2 years …
review by . September 08, 2008
Yesterday, we watched the DVD of Romulus, My Father, which follows Raimond Gaita's memoir of his early life with his father scrupulously. On the way back to Dubai in 2003, I had come across philosopher Gaita's The Philosopher's Dog. I bought it, read it and passed it on to our philosopher son Jeremy (The Ecological Life) to read. Shortly after, Jeremy picked up Gaita's Romulus, My Father, and returned the favor by passing it on to me to read. I found it exceptionally well written and deeply moving. …
review by . September 08, 2008
Yesterday, we watched the DVD of Romulus, My Father, which follows Raimond Gaita's memoir of his early life with his father scrupulously. On the way back to Dubai in 2003, I had come across philosopher Gaita's The Philosopher's Dog. I bought it, read it and passed it on to our philosopher son Jeremy (The Ecological Life) to read. Shortly after, Jeremy picked up Gaita's Romulus, My Father, and returned the favor by passing it on to me to read. I found it exceptionally well written and deeply moving. …
review by . April 27, 2008
posted in Movie Hype
Raimond Gaita is not a name widely known to the world outside Australia where he serves as a professor of philosophy, writing extensively on 'skepticism (moral, of other minds and of the external world), on the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of psychology, on aspects of political philosophy (collective responsibility, the role of moral considerations in politics, genocide and the alleged uniqueness of the Holocaust), on education (the nature of teaching as a vocation, the role of love in …
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