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Grandfather, The

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 15 critic reviews
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Based on 2 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
Jose Luis Garci
Benito Pérez Galdós (novel)
Horacio Valcarcel
Directed by: Jose Luis Garci
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 8, 1999
DVD: August 8, 2000
Running Time: 145 minutes, Color
Origin: Spain
Summary
RATING: PG for thematic elements and language
Starring Fernando Fernan Gomez, Rafael Alonso, and Cayetana Guillen Cuervo
Set at the turn of the century, The Grandfather tells the story of love, friendship, honor and betrayal within one powerful Spanish family spanning three generations. (Miramax Films)
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What The Critics Said
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The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder
Brims with understanding of the complexities of relationships, the frailties of humankind and the possibilities of joy.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
At once proudly conservative, passionately idealistic and beautifully assured.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
A solid, humane, old-fashioned film in the best sense of the term.
Read Full Review >Film.com Tom Keogh
Few movies this year have been quite so rewarding with their 11th hour epiphanies.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly F. X. Feeney
The picture's deepest strength, however, is the fire Fernán-Gómez conjures from deep within himself, as if "honor" were an extinct volcano he could will into exploding, given enough anger and time.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
It's filled with far too much talk and it never justifies its length, but if you succumb to its old-fashioned Renoir style of storytelling, The Grandfather has its pleasures.
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Undercut by funereal pacing and an ending that seems more than a little contrived.
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Essentially conversations, confrontations, and an extremely pat -- and very verbal -- reconciliation.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
The film's constrained style keeps the drama from reaching a full boil.
Read Full Review >USA Today Staff [Not Credited]
The material has enough meat to enable charitable viewers to drift in and out, but the result is too arch to conjure up much affection.
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Nobody ever shuts up in this schmaltzy, mannered drama.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Steve Simels
Veers inconsistently between sit-com jokeiness and nostril-flaring melodrama.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Not only is the dialogue endless...it's like driving behind a 15 mph geezer on a one-way street.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Edmund M. gave it a 10:
Saw it at the movie theatre without the distractions of home environment, that helps. If you're in a hurry - don't see it.
