The Good Father (1985)

Directed by

Mike Newell

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man going through a divorce gets drawn into another man's custody battle and becomes obsessed with helping him keep his son. The story looks at how anger and pain can shape a person.

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What happens

The Good Father is a 1985 British film directed by Mike Newell and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter, Fanny Viner, Simon Callow, Joanne Whalley, and Michael Byrne. It is loosely based on Peter Prince's 1983 novel of the same name. It marked the first credited appearance in a feature film of Stephen Fry. The film was produced for British television but received a theatrical release in the US. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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