Sunday, September 20, 2009

I Never Sang for My Father (1970)

Directed by Gilbert Cates
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Sony Screen Classics by Request)

Hackman takes awhile to get going, but the final extended sequence between him and Melvyn Douglas is a knockout. The entire cast basically puts on a clinic in acting, particularly Douglas. Never quite gets beyond its stage origins... and you have to be in the right mood for its depressing subject matter. Scenes in the nursing homes are devastating.


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