A great movie that everyone should watch at least one time

Rating: 8/10 (14 April 2011)

'In the name of the father' is a movie based on a true story. The story is about a young lad and his father that end up in the hands of the IRA-police because they think Gerry Conlon put a bomb in an British pub. Gerry and his pal Danny travel to Gerry's to get a job and get away from the hometown. They find some new friends that are hippies. Their lifestyle gets a little different, but they still follow the law. His father Giuseppe traveled from their family's home in Ireland to England, to help his son. When they both are put in jail the family do all they can to get them out. Gerry aunt is also arrested and gets many years in prison. Gerry is young and handles the prison-life better than his father. Giuseppe gets pneumonia and Gerry helps him rubbing a strong lotion on his chest to open up his airways. After a while Giuseppe dies, and Gerry swears to clear his fathers name. A British lawyer, Gareth Peirce helps Gerry to get his case reopened so that they will get a new chance in court. When the case is reopened many years later, Gerry has read in a tape with his side of the story. This will help him a great deal in the second court round. The genre of the movie is typically drama. Policemen who are bad, people who gets punished for things they didn't do, and the ending of the movie. The fluidity in the film was good and comfortable to watch. The nice editing job made the movie a great deal better than it would have been with a poor editing job. The sound could be better, but all in all the movie was good even though the sound was a little bit shrill. I would give this movie a 5, in a scale from 1-6.