When Did You Last See Your Father? Critic Reviews

Superbly acted, intelligently written.Read the full review

Taps into the conflicting feelings so many of us can have about parents who haunt us because they're difficult, which is part of what makes them irreplaceable.Read the full review

The film did not provide me with fulfillment or a catharsis. Apparently the memoir wouldn't have, either. That's fair enough. How many unanswered questions are we all left with? I have some. This is a film of regret, and judging by what we see of the characters, it deserves to be.Read the full review

Nicely balances moments of childhood trauma with a full appreciation of the man whose enthusiasm for high spirits sometimes came at considerable cost to those around him.Read the full review

A classy tearjerker.Read the full review

The acting is top-notch. With a series of character roles in recent years, Colin Firth has managed to put the iconic Mr. Darcy behind him. Jim Broadbent, now the proud owner of an Oscar, creates a motion picture rarity: a father who is neither a saint nor a demon.Read the full review

The whole thing might have been improved with a bit of messiness, a little vulgarity to leaven its tastefulness and tact.Read the full review

It may be powerful in direct proportion to the emotions and memories each viewer brings to the table, but on its own the film's upper lip remains much too stiff.Read the full review

One would only hope that a film about death and dying wouldn't have to feel quite so lifeless.Read the full review