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 ...

There are three versions to every story, as the old movie mogul used to say. My version, your version -- and the truth. Well, this is "Barney's Version." He could use someone to plead his case, too.

Adapted from Mordecai Richler’s fictional autobiography by Barney Panofsky, “Barney’s Version” tells the life story of a thrice-married Canadian soap opera producer suspected of murdering his best ...

There are three versions to every story, as the old movie mogul used to say. My version, your version — and the truth. Well, this is “Barney’s Version.” He could use someone to plead his case, too. As ...

Barney’s Version misses every opportunity for raucous, picaresque fun that the book throws its way while squandering a wealth of transatlantic performing talent led by Paul Giamatti. Richler was a ...

Canadian producer Robert Lantos was smart to world premiere the long-gestating Barney’s Version at the Venice Film Festival instead of home-town Toronto; the book sold over over 700,000 copies in ...

Making a “life’s journey” film must be difficult. The difficulty shows through the messy Barney’s Version. But despite its rocky structure, this adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s acclaimed novel makes ...

This impeccably cast confessional, with a pitch-perfect Paul Giamatti leading the way, nimbly traverses the four decades in its lead character's eventful life with considerable exuberance, visual ...

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 ...

Do you still laugh whenever you remember Paul Giamatti in Sideways, taking Thomas Haden Church aside to hiss the warning, “I am NOT drinking any fucking Merlot”? If Giamatti’s particular brand of ...

There is such an embarrassment of riches to enjoy in Barney’s Version, the new film adaptation of author Mordecai Richler’s much beloved (in Canada, at least) 1997 novel of the same name that it feels ...

Mordecai Richler, who died in 2001, is a very big cheese in Canada. A salty and outspoken Montreal-Jewish novelist who's often compared to Saul Bellow, Richler was the dominant force in Canadian ...