The dizzying comic energy and intellectual vigor of Mordecai Richler’s 1997 satire have largely been drained from director Richard J. Lewis’ agreeable but inevitably lesser version of “Barney’s ...

Actor Paul Giamatti compares his star turn as the title character in Mordecai Richler's Barney's Version to 'doing, like, a Dickens novel or something.' ((CBC)) Shooting got underway on Barney's ...

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There are three versions to every story, as the old movie mogul used to say. My version, your version -- and the truth. Well, this is "Barney's Version." He could use someone to plead his case, too.

Making a pre-emptive move on the eve of the Toronto International Film Festival, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired U.S. rights to "Barney's Version," from Canada-based producer Robert Lantos. By ...

“Barney’s Version” is a bloated, confused movie—first a black comedy, then a distended family drama and never fully committed to either possibility. Adapting Mordechai Richler’s 1997 novel, director ...

Barney's Version earned critical acclaim and recognition from the Oscars and Golden Globes, but the creative minds who spent years labouring over the film were disappointed by how many people actually ...

MONTREAL - The Canadian reviews of "Barney's Version" are in and the verdicts are generally positive. The long-awaited movie starring Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike and Dustin Hoffman opened in Canadian ...

The world premiere of Barney's Version, the long-in-the works Canadian feature, will take place at the Venice International Film Festival in September, rather than the Toronto International Film ...