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Good Father (The)
- Director: Mike Newell
- Writer: Peter Prince; Christopher Hampton
- Producer: Ann Scott
CGiii Comment
This is an atrocity...not only in subject manner - but, the sheer lack of talent demonstrated by some mighty names...is, mind-boggling.
The message is clear...in the film-making business...never give up...if this is anything to go by...[future] Oscar winners, by the handful, in a film that all would [presumably] love to forget.
It really is that bad.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Bill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his friends is being sued for divorce by his wife so that she can enter a lesbian relationship, Bill decides to help his friend gain custody of his son...in any way that they can devise, including using a sleazeball lawyer. But while Bill feels that Feminism has robbed him of his family, he begins to be appalled at what he and Roger have done.
Cast & Characters
Anthony Hopkins as Bill Hooper;
Jim Broadbent as Roger Miles;
Harriet Walter as Emmy Hooper;
Frances Viner as Cheryl Langford;
Simon Callow as Mark Varda;
Miriam Margolyes as Jane Powell;
Joanne Whalley as Mary Hall;
Michael Byrne as Leonard Scruby;
Jennie Stoller as Bill's friend;
Johanna Kirby as Bill's friend;
Stephen Fry as Creighton;
Clifford Rose as Judge;
Harry Grubb as Bill's son;
Tom Jamieson as Roger's son