This is a workmanlike motion picture with solid performances. It's just that the superior production values are used in service of a mediocre storyline.
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Variety
Variety
Warmly felt but haltingly told meller Romulus, My Father holds the attention with fine perfs and exquisite lensing, but never really grips the imagination.
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San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
The performances are the best part of this uneven film.
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L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
Admirably unsentimental about the ravages of poverty and mental illness on the foundations of family. But soon the endless succession of heartaches that visit Gaita's brood -- including multiple suicide attempts and romantic betrayals -- becomes monotonous and unbearable, the cinematic equivalent of someone slowly pressing his thumb into your forehead.