I'm a free man, and I'm going out the front door.

Rating: 8/10 (29 April 2020)

From the hollow, perfunctory, ill-paced and overlong first act, that its only remarkable merit is giving us a glimpse of Gerry Conlon's frivolity and rebelliousness (well, plus one of the best opening sequences ever), to the not-so-convincing sense of time in prison, this otherwise heart-wrenching biopic is definitely not without its flaws. However, I can't recall that I have seen a troubled father-son relationship (brought to life by astonishing performances from Daniel Day-Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite) has been better depicted than in this. Just look at how the experience of imprisonment somehow matured Gerry up, whether by getting to know his father more and better (the dialogue between Gerry and Giuseppe is just phenomenal), or merely due to the incidents and mishaps that he had in prison. Not to mention the painful and provocative meticulous dramatization of a miscarriage of injustice, vividly portrayed by some of the most sensible, artistic, emotionally-charged scenery that Jim Sheridan's nuanced direction are responsible of.
Happy Birthday to the greatest actor ever, Daniel Day-Lewis. I do miss him!
(8/10)