Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.... (Full plot summary below)
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Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThese bare bones of plot hardly give any hint of the power of this film. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyPenned by Robert (Tea and Sympathy) Anderson, this father-son medlodrama is superbly acted by Melvyn Douglas and Gene Hackman, both Oscar-nominated for their turns. |
| Cleveland PressTony MastroianniI Never Sang For My Father is an emotion filled drama, a realistic and often painful look at the relationship of a middle aged son and his elderly father. But the power of the movie comes less from the drama itself than from the players. |
| User ReviewIce Ra masterpiece. good to see a movie can be done, without ruining the integrity of the play it's based upon |
| User ReviewWarren W# 2 Best Father/Son movie of all time. An uncharacteristically quiet role for Gene Hackman, but a good one! |
| User ReviewDecktrio (Ciara)a masterpiece. good to see a movie can be done, without ruining the integrity of the play it's based upon |
| User ReviewGreg WSadly - that father was so familiar. A beautiful movie - in a sad sort of way. |
| User ReviewByron BThis was an early Gene Hackman film, but the real star of this film is Melvyn Douglas, who got increasingly better as he got older. I think of his performance in this film as a warm-up to his Oscar-nominated turn in "Being There". Hackman isn't too shabby here either. This reminds me of a simpler time when movies were more about storytelling and less about special effects. |
| User ReviewMatthew SA true classic. The scene in which the father (Melvyn Douglas), the son (Gene Hackman), and estranged daughter (Estelle Parsons) debate the father's future yields some the finest moments in cinema. |
| User ReviewAshley HPainful and real family drama about retirement and relationships. |
