@REEL_DEAL2025-12-14 01:00 UTC
In the Name of the Father should come with a complimentary pillow for when the third-act CGI soup inevitably kicks in.
1993 · Biography / Crime / Drama
In the Name of the Father
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
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RELEASE DATE
1993
RUNTIME
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GENRE
Biography / Crime / Drama
PLOT SUMMARY
Synopsis withheld out of mercy.
STARRING CAST
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@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-07 14:00 UTC
The script for In the Name of the Father feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.
@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-04 03:00 UTC
I've seen screen savers with more depth and fewer unnecessary lens flares than In the Name of the Father.
@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-02 04:00 UTC
In the Name of the Father: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
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r/criticalkino · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 0.7k points
The cinematography in In the Name of the Father is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Director clearly thought In the Name of the Father was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/boxoffice · u/CinephileCynic🔥 0.8k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in In the Name of the Father?
Honestly, In the Name of the Father would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/criticalkino · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 2.7k points
Unpopular opinion: In the Name of the Father is the most overrated film of the decade
Look, I wanted to love In the Name of the Father. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/flicks · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 2.9k points
Hot Take: In the Name of the Father's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Just got out of In the Name of the Father and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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