Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
Ewan McGregor
Swede Levov
Jennifer Connelly
Dawn Levov
Dakota Fanning
Merry Levov
David Strathairn
Nathan Zuckerman
Peter Riegert
Lou Levov
Rupert Evans
Jerry Levov
Uzo Aduba
Vicky
Molly Parker
Sheila Smith
Valorie Curry
Rita Cohen
Hannah Nordberg
Merry (12 years old)
Julia Silverman
Sylvia Levov
Mark Hildreth
Agent Dolan
Samantha Mathis
Penny Hamlin
Ocean James
Merry (8 years old)
David Whalen
Bill Orcutt
Corrie Danieley
Jessie Orcutt
David Case
Russ Hamlin
Max Ivcic
Hamlin's Son
Chuck Diamond
Rabbi
Brian Knoebel
Young Guardsman
Carter Ellis
Guardsman #1
Nick Marzock
Reunion Singer
Tommy Lafitte
Freddy
Idole Zinobile
Harry
Peter Gannon
Cop Near Train Station
Emily Peachey
Hospital Nurse
Jenny Vos
Sanatorium Nurse
Davion Traylor
Demonstrator #1
Chukky Okobi
Demonstrator #2
Siovhan Christensen
Demonstrator #3
Yannick Hogarth
Demonstrator #4
Justin Lonesome
Demonstrator #5
Steven Ravid
Reunion Greeter #1
Ron Emanuel
Reunion Greeter #2
Kathy Emanuel
Reunion Greeter #3
Troy Bogdan
Sanatorium Worker (uncredited)
Justin Clarke
Riot #3 (uncredited)
Benjamin Donlow
Glove Factory Worker (uncredited)
Amy Lyn Elliott
Glove Factory Worker (uncredited)
Joe Fishel
Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Electa Rawls
Glove Factory Worker (uncredited)
Director
Ewan McGregor
Novel
Philip Roth
Screenplay
John Romano
November 4, 2017
6
**About a father who never gave up on his daughter!**
The book was from the 90s and the story is about the 60s. Narrated from the father's perspective, that's what I think did not work in this film. This is where a film and the book does not synch. Because books are always very detail when it describes a person. In the films, they are just a simple visual where viewers have to focus on those details to have a perfect impression like the book. So I totally point out to the writer who did not quite transformed the point of the storytelling.
It is not the parents to decide what their kids want to be. The film opened with a couple ready to get married, arguing with their elders about something. Soon it forwards to a few years where their relationship with their daughter seems not good. Further, they become more distant and completely lose her for the unrest in the society and the nation. But father never gives up. His love and care for her leads the way and what comes later is even more disturbing before it all ends.
It was Ewan McGregor's directional debut. I don't think he would try it again, not any time soon. But I would appreciate his quality of filmmaking. He only needs a better writer and the screenplay. I also think, he should not direct himself. I never considered him a best actor. I yet to see his performance. The film was not strong enough, if you are from outside the United States. Because what they call this 60s revolution was more a misunderstood by the young people. Particularly that religious thing, they were misled and spoiled their lives. So, instead of focusing that, the film centred on a father-daughter relationship. That is why it was a decent film. Otherwise I would have rated even wrose.
_5.5/10_