Barney's Version, which will open Friday, stars Paul Giamatti as the title character. The movie also features cameos by Canadian directors Denys Arcand, David Cronenberg and Atom Egoyan.

Over the three decades we see during Barney's Version, Paul Giamatti ferociously indulges in every unsavory quality you can imagine in a man without actually inciting us to hate him. Barney ...

Making a "life's journey" film must be difficult. The difficulty shows through the messy Barney's Version. But despite its rocky structure, this adaptation of Mordecai Richler's acclaimed novel makes ...

Barney's Version A middle-tier marriage drama distinguished by an excellent Paul Giamatti.

Paul Giamatti doesn't spring right to mind as the guy to play the title character of Mordecai Richler's sardonically funny and bitterly sad novel "Barney's Version."After seeing director Richard J ...

Adapted from Mordecai Richler’s fictional autobiography by Barney Panofsky, “Barney’s Version” tells the life story of a thrice-married Canadian soap opera producer suspected of murdering ...

"Barney's Version" is adapted from a novel by Mordecai Richler, and some things seem to be lost in the adaptation. For example, that murder case never really comes to anything.

SONY PICTURESDustin Hoffman, right, and Paul Giamatti play a father and son in "Barney's Version." There are three versions to every story, as the old movie mogul used to say. My version, your ...

"Barney's Version" topped the Genie awards nomination pack landing 11, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television announced today at simultaneous media conferences in Montreal and Toronto.

Barney’s Version has too much plot for its own good (and I haven’t even included the parts about Barney’s father, a pugnacious retired cop played by Dustin Hoffman). There’s not enough ...

Barney’s Version — Film Review This impeccably cast confessional, with a pitch-perfect Paul Giamatti leading the way, nimbly traverses the four decades in its lead character's eventful life ...

‘Barney’s Version’ and ‘Incendies’ Lead Genies Field Canada's two Oscar contenders lead the field of nominees for the country's film awards in March.