In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father

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- 81/100 based on 181,624 votes
  • Released: 1993
  • Runtime: 133 mins
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  • Studio: Hell's Kitchen
  • Genres: Drama

Young Belfastian Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) admits that he was in London at the time of the incident. He also admits that he is not a model citizen, having committed a petty robbery while in London. He does however profess his innocence when it comes to the bombing of the Guildford Pub in London in 1974, the event which killed several people inside. A self-professed non-political person, he and his three co-accused, dubbed the Guildford Four, are thought to be provisiona... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in In the Name of the Father:

Daniel Day-Lewis
Pete Postlethwaite
Emma Thompson
John Lynch
Corin Redgrave
Beatie Edney

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Young Belfastian Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) admits that he was in London at the time of the incident. He also admits that he is not a model citizen, having committed a petty robbery while in London. He does however profess his innocence when it comes to the bombing of the Guildford Pub in London in 1974, the event which killed several people inside. A self-professed non-political person, he and his three co-accused, dubbed the Guildford Four, are thought to be provisional members of the I.R.A. Their self-professed innocence is despite each having signed a statement of guilt which they claim were signed under duress. Their case includes having provable alibis for the time frame of the bombing. And eventually, Joe McAndrew (Don Baker), a known I.R.A. member, admits to the bombing. Dubbed the Maguire Seven, seven others, primarily members of Gerry's extended family including his father Giuseppe (Pete Postlethwaite), are accused of being accessories to the bombing. Following on the work initiated by Giuseppe, Gerry works on a campaign to prove their collective innocence, this work with the assistance of compassionate lawyer Gareth Peirce (Dame Emma Thompson). As Gareth works on this campaign, she is faced with obstacle after obstacle placed by Robert Dixon (Corin Redgrave), who led the initial investigation and questioning of the four accused on behalf of the Police.

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Variety - 10/10 by Todd McCarthyBut the filmmakers have invigorated and enriched the story through the use of a thousand details, a strong sense of time and place, outstanding characterizations and a display of energy and cinematic flair that marks an advance on "My Left Foot."
Austin Chronicle - 10/10 by Robert FairesFor in relating the true story of Conlon's wrongful conviction and 15-year imprisonment, Sheridan has used the tools of the filmmaker to evoke a visceral echo of Conlon's waking nightmare.
Flipside Movie Emporium - 10/10 by Rob VauxA first-rate legal drama, unjustly forgotten in the ten years since its release.
ReelViews - 10/10 by James BerardinelliJim Sheridan skillfully interweaves a myriad of subplots and themes into a fast-paced, cohesive whole.
The New Yorker - 9/10 by Terrence RaffertyThe picture turns into a kind of stylized morality play about the right and the wrong ways for Irishmen to respond to distorted portraits of their character, and it's terrifically effective.
Entertainment Weekly - 9/10 by Owen GleibermanSheridan, however, works with such piercing fervor and intelligence that In the Name of the Father just about transcends its tidy moral design.
The New York Times - 9/10 by Francis X. ClinesAnd, riskiest of all, the film makers eschewed another grainy documentary go at the subject in favor of a movie drama of one of the most compelling true stories of the modern troubles.
The New Republic - 9/10 by Stanley KauffmannThough the facts have been manipulated in the interests of drama--Gerry and Giuseppe were never imprisoned together, etc.--this has been done in a brave and responsible way, shedding light on an important episode in recent history.
Washington Post - 9/10 by Desson ThomsonIn the Name of the Father is as good a compromise of fact and fiction as you could hope for -- and still call it a movie.
Newsweek - 9/10 by David AnsenJim Sheridan tells his gripping tale with a fury that stokes up an audience the way early Costa Gavras movies used to do.

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