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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   1,539 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Blake Morrison (book) and
David Nicholls (screenplay)
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Release Date:
5 October 2007 (Ireland) more
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A parent and a child. The past and the present. Memories and secrets. Can you know someone for a lifetime.... and not know them at all? The life of a father. Through the journey of a son. more
Plot:
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 9 nominations more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jim Broadbent ... Arthur

Colin Firth ... Blake

Juliet Stevenson ... Kim
Gina McKee ... Kathy
Sarah Lancashire ... Beaty

Elaine Cassidy ... Sandra
Claire Skinner ... Gillian
Matthew Beard ... Blake - Teen
Bradley Johnson ... Blake - Child
Chris Middleton ... Racing Steward
Elliot Avery ... Peter
Rhiannon Howden ... Sophie
Tom Butcher ... Dr. Taggart
Alannah Barlow ... Gillian - Child
Tara Berwin ... Gillian - Teen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
When Did You Last See Your Father? (USA) (new title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, thematic material and brief strong language.
Runtime:
92 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Matthew Beard wore brown coloured contact lenses in order to look more like Colin Firth. more
Quotes:
Arthur Morrison: [as Blake enters the kitchen] Aha! Here he is! Sleeping beauty. Blake meet Sandra our new maid. Maid or housekeeper? Or Skivvy,I'm joking, let's just say you're one of the family.
Sandra: Pleased to meet you Blake.
Young Blake Morrison: You're Scottish...
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References A Matter of Life and Death (1946) more

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13 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
And When Did You Last Really See Your Son?, 27 July 2008
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Author: Red-125 from Upstate New York

"And When Did You Last See Your Father?" (2007) is an English film directed by Anand Tucker. It reminded me of the U.S. film, "The Savages," because the central plot of both movies involves a dying father who has not lived an exemplary life. Jim Broadbent is superb as Arthur, an obviously wealthy man who nevertheless goes through life cheating and manipulating people in small ways. He has a bluff, hearty, hail-fellow-well-met personality that charms people who meet him for the first time. In reality, he bullies his son and cheats on his wife. (Juliet Stevenson is excellent in the supporting role of wife and mother, as is Matthew Beard who plays Blake as a teenager.)

Colin Firth is equally convincing as Arthur's son, Blake. He's a successful award-winning writer, who nonetheless sees himself as perpetually in his father's shadow. Both men must come to grips with the situation when Arthur develops terminal cancer.

Broadbent and Firth look like each other, so it's easy to accept them as father and son. The film unfolds in an intelligent and interesting fashion. It's both artistically satisfying and philosophically challenging. I think the movie has been underrated by IMDb viewers. It's low key and thoughtful, but that's what it's supposed to be. There's nothing about it that struck me as artificially artistic. It's an honest and effective film, and worth seeking out and seeing.

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