Like its central character, "Barney's Version" is lumpy, disorganized and simmering with emotions that build to a messy, overflowing boil. Based on a novel by Mordecai Richler, the poet laureate of ...

Every so often Hollywood produces a grand-scale film with a sweeping narrative and epic storyline that it becomes destined for greatness. No, not summer blockbusters, like Avatar or The Dark Night, ...

Some people like movies where stuff happens. But some of us prefer movies that focus on the people the stuff happens to. Movies like "Barney's Version," a reelin'-in-the-years chronicle of the ...

A feel-good film of rare quality. As Barney Panofsky (a wonderful Paul Giamatti) looks back across his life, you get the distinct impression poor Barney has been his own worst enemy all along.

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.

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's an emotional authenticity about "Barney's Version," based on the novel by Mordecai Richler. It's the story of one man's life, not his whole life -- which would include lots of information ...

“Barney’s Version” never won the awards — or reviews — that it deserved, especially for its actors. But it became a word-of-mouth hit in Baltimore, at the Charles, and it should gain new fans when it ...

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 ...