Barney's Version (2010)

Paul Giamatti won a Golden Globe for his performance as Barney Panofsky in a film about a man who lead a very colorful and exciting life. We start with Giamatti drunk and calling his ex-wife in the middle of the night saying mean things to her new husband.

We then flashback to his early 20's knowing that he ends up with an ex-wife and kids. The teaser of his current life makes you wonder just how things turned out the way they did. Then we quickly learn what type of personality he has.

I wasn't thrilled with the subject matter. A hairy neurotic guy that smokes, drinks, watches hockey, was a suspect in his best friends disappearance and fails with three marriages. The acting was good however, but the characters were a bit annoying... like Minnie Driver [where has she been the last 6 years?].

This might have been good enough to be an 8 based on acting performances. I wouldn't go around recommending this to anyone so I settled on a 7. It was the last Golden Globe film for me to watch and I put it off for a reason, it just wasn't something I'll remember in 5 years.

Vote: 7/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423894/

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