

First he got married. Then he got married again. Then he met the love of his life.
The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
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Contemporary, spare, character-led and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Paul GiamattiBarney Panofsky
- Dustin HoffmanIzzy Panofsky
- Rosamund PikeMiriam Grant-Panofsky
- Minnie DriverThe 2nd Mrs. P
- Scott SpeedmanBoogie
- Rachelle LefevreClara 'Chambers' Charnofsky
- Bruce GreenwoodBlair
- Mark AddyDetective O'Hearne
- Macha GrenonSolange
- Jake HoffmanMichael Panofsky
Crew
- Richard J. LewisDirector
- Michael KonyvesScreenplay
- Mordecai RichlerNovel
- Guy DufauxDirector of Photography
- Pasquale CatalanoOriginal Music Composer
- Susan ShiptonEditor
- Robert LantosProducer
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