It's an impossible task trying to squeeze Mordecai Richler's sprawling novel about an SOB into one little movie. Sure enough, director Richard J. Lewis and screenwriter Michael Konyves ...

Over the three decades we see during Barney's Version, Paul Giamatti ferociously indulges in every unsavory quality you can imagine in a man without actually inciting us to hate him. Barney ...

Barney's Version A middle-tier marriage drama distinguished by an excellent Paul Giamatti.

Barney's Version, which will open Friday, stars Paul Giamatti as the title character. The movie also features cameos by Canadian directors Denys Arcand, David Cronenberg and Atom Egoyan.

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 ...

Barney’s Version has too much plot for its own good (and I haven’t even included the parts about Barney’s father, a pugnacious retired cop played by Dustin Hoffman). There’s not enough ...

"Barney's Version" topped the Genie awards nomination pack landing 11, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television announced today at simultaneous media conferences in Montreal and Toronto.

Barney’s Version — Film Review 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 ...

Paul Giamatti doesn't spring right to mind as the guy to play the title character of Mordecai Richler's sardonically funny and bitterly sad novel "Barney's Version."After seeing director Richard J ...

"Barney's Version" star Paul Giamatti is the first to acknowledge that he isn't a typical Hollywood leading man. He may not look like his co-star Scott Speedman, but he's still managed to rack up ...

With "Barney's Version," however, I think he's finally got the material to give a performance with a real range of human emotion.