A middle-tier marriage drama distinguished by an excellent Paul Giamatti. Richler’s tome takes the form of Barney’s memoir (written in response to a nemesis’ slanderous allegations), allowing the ...

Mordecai Richler was among Canada's most prolific writers, a gifted man with a knack for creating eccentric characters he made us care about despite their many flaws. He was nominated for an Academy ...

'BARNEY'S VERSION': Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman star. When Barney Panofsky’s rakish friend Boogie tells him, “I’ll never miss any of your weddings,” the irony isn’t far behind. Already once ...

Booze, drugs and rock ’n’ roll — that about sums up hard-partying Boogie, Scott Speedman’s character in the Golden Globe-winning “Barney’s Version.” Speedman, 35, plays an aspiring writer and pal of ...

Paul Giamatti stars as Barney Panofsky in the new film of Mordecai Richler's final novel, Barney's Version. ((Sabrina Lantos/eOne Films) ) Mordecai Richler was known for his richly autobiographical ...

“Barney's Version” demonstrates that the whole story is never enough. So far the year's best title goes to the wry drama “Barney's Version,” so direct is its meaning and yet so elusive is its promise.

A middle-tier marriage drama distinguished by an excellent Paul Giamatti. Richler’s tome takes the form of Barney’s memoir (written in response to a nemesis’ slanderous allegations), allowing the ...

WEDDING DAZE Father and son tie one on as Giamatti’s character ties the knot in this adaptation of Richler’s final novel. Barney’s Version is categorized by its creators as a comedy-drama, but it’s ...

Throughout Hollywood’s golden age rarely did character actors graduate into leading roles. Frank McHugh and Mary Wickes were almost always the buddy or the maid in studio features. That really started ...

It's no surprise it took 13 years to bring Mordecai Richler's last novel, Barney's Version, to the screen. The book, with its erudite, unreliable narrator, who is justifying his life through a fog of ...

Movies, which respond so easily to the sudden breaking and reforming of time, often struggle with the sheer mass of the life tale, be it real or imagined, and the literary structure of Richler’s book ...

Please note: one or two mild spoilers are in this review, in case you’ve not heard them already. If you haven’t, you might want to steer clear until you’ve seen the film. Paul Giamatti, actor par ...