"This Is My Father" is not particularly original about Irish families, from "Circle of Love" etc. and Alice McDermott's book "Charming Billy" among many others, but it is lovely.
I like Aidan Quinn in just about anything, and I appreciate that this is a familial labor of love as one brother wrote and directed and another brother turns out to be a terrific cinematographer.
The music is OK Celtic, not that special, though I think I recall that Sharon Shannon was the fiddler.
The film is mostly good for an unsentimental look at how vicious small towns can be to live in. This is not a sentimental look at the olde sod.
James Caan is quite good.
(originally written 5/20/99)
I like Aidan Quinn in just about anything, and I appreciate that this is a familial labor of love as one brother wrote and directed and another brother turns out to be a terrific cinematographer.
The music is OK Celtic, not that special, though I think I recall that Sharon Shannon was the fiddler.
The film is mostly good for an unsentimental look at how vicious small towns can be to live in. This is not a sentimental look at the olde sod.
James Caan is quite good.
(originally written 5/20/99)