
The writer Blake Morrison has a non-resolved relationship with his bragger and wolf father Arthur Morrison. However, when Arthur is diagnosed with a terminal intestine cancer, Blake leaves his wife and children and travel to the village where he spent his childhood and adolescence to help his mother and his sister to take care of Arthur along his last days. The location brings recollections of his problematic relationship with his father.... (Full plot summary below)
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The writer Blake Morrison has a non-resolved relationship with his bragger and wolf father Arthur Morrison. However, when Arthur is diagnosed with a terminal intestine cancer, Blake leaves his wife and children and travel to the village where he spent his childhood and adolescence to help his mother and his sister to take care of Arthur along his last days. The location brings recollections of his problematic relationship with his father.
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| Miami HeraldConnie OgleFrustratingly stagnant at times but ultimately a moving story about a dying father and the son who must come to terms with him. |
| BBC.comStella PapamichaelAnand Tucker has no need of bells and whistles, instead letting Colin Firth, and especially Jim Broadbent, enthral us with wonderfully vivid performances. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussBroadbent gives such a jolly, cagey, not-so-passively aggressive and ultimately warm performance, the film has a life of its own despite being like 100 others. |
| Chicago TribuneSid SmithThe catharsis here is all the more moving because of what wasn't finished, what remained unsaid and what in the answer to the title's question proves unknowable. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineDelivers the expected to audiences seeking intelligent, engaging entertainment with some tasteful melodramatic twists. |
| New York TimesManohla DargisWhen Did You Last See Your Father?” is grown-up, civilized fare, even though the whole thing might have been improved with a bit of messiness. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekAmounts to a glorified Hallmark Hall of Fame special, except with British accents. |
| KPBS.orgBeth AccomandoWhen Did You Last See Your Father? stands out mostly because of Jim Broadbent, and on the strength of his performance I would recommend the film. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneChristy DeSmithIt can be painful to watch as it so painstakingly captures the slow process of loss. But it's worth every last teardrop. |
| NewsBlazePrairie MillerA 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. |