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By Katie L (467) on 30 Jan 2008

I very much appreciate films based on true stories - plus Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of all time and I like Pete Postlethwaite…

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By Barbara G (161) on 29 Jan 2008

Excellent performance of Daniel Day-Lewis and great real life episodes movie…

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By Dorota B (8) on 29 Jan 2008

This is the film of my life…

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By John G (1,212) on 29 Jan 2008

Another amazingly powerful performance from Day Lewis. If you liked, please check out Proved Innocent by Gerry Conlon…

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By Niall R (4) on 28 Jan 2008

Really powerful film. Day lewis at his best…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 15 Feb 2007

He gets much of what he wants, but not all of it, and not all of the time - the film is just too eclectic on occasion, a bit jumpy in its tone…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 03 Dec 2005

Passionate true-story about an Irish youth who was wrongfully convicted of a terrorist act…

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By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 30 Nov 2005

Based on Gerry Conlon's own account of his arrest and subsequent incarceration, the film takes forever to do what 60 Minutes does with the…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 29 Sep 2005

Jim Sheridan skillfully interweaves a myriad of subplots and themes into a fast-paced, cohesive whole…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 01 Jul 2005

Sheridan, however, works with such piercing fervor and intelligence that In the Name of the Father just about transcends its tidy moral design…

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By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

Daniel Day-Lewis gives one of his greatest performances, disappearing into the character the way he did in My Left Foot and A Room With a View…

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By Terrence Rafferty (56) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 10 Jul 2003

The picture turns into a kind of stylized morality play about the right and the wrong ways for Irishmen to respond to distorted portraits of…

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By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Flipside Movie Emporium (617) on 23 Jan 2003

A first-rate legal drama, unjustly forgotten in the ten years since its release…

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By Robert Faires (35) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 07 Feb 2001

For in relating the true story of Conlon's wrongful conviction and 15-year imprisonment, Sheridan has used the tools of the filmmaker to evoke…

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By Chris Hicks (618) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 01 Jan 2000

Most of the way ... this is rousing stuff, and the performances -- especially those by Day-Lewis and Postlethwaite -- are definitely Oscar-caliber…

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By Dragan Antulov (311) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

This film, although still being good, had capacity to be really great…

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By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Impeccably acted and efficiently directed…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

This is a well-crafted film in all regards…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

[Day-Lewis] proves here once again that he is one of the most talented and interesting actors of his generation…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Variety (12,700) on 02 Mar 1999

But the filmmakers have invigorated and enriched the story through the use of a thousand details, a strong sense of time and place, outstanding…

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