QFC - In the Name of the Father

Rating: 8/10 (25 August 2006)

A nice movie about legal, lazy injustice. The need to blame someone for the catastrophe and make them look guilty to avoid the embarrassment in front of the whole world. Seen from this point of view, this film is haunting, as is Daniel Day Lewis' performance yet again as Jim Sheridan's alter ego. And this could be the best collaboration between the two.
The portrayal of this man is so human and realistic, his feeling of guilt mixed with a need to revolution in his immature opinion make it striking. Sheridan is good at portraying Northern Irish situations to perfection, this is probably the best and the most haunting. And the theme is justice and prejudice. He is blamed for his nationality and without evidence. It makes you think.
WATCH FOR THE MOMENT - The interrogation is unbearable. Lewis doesn't know what to do to convince them he is not guilty, and even under torture doesn't give up, until...