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In the Name of the Father (1993) - Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2025-09-25 08:45:01
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Thank you Nick for picking this as your pick-a-flick! I won't spoil the reaction for you guys, you'll just have to watch it :). Also, sorry for the delay on this one! Ben has resolved the computer issues, so we should be good moving forward! Enjoy!

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Rick Rodriguez

I LOVE this movie. Hits the feels for me. Especially in regards to it's depiction of father and son. Can't wait to see what Cassie thinks.

Ib-René Jørgensen

An always fantastic Daniel Day Lewis and Pete Postlewaite (R.I.P) . It's a very good drama.

K, Zachary

So I was going to watch The Fly. I found myself thinking I have seen that movie way too many times and when my gf said I could have that one. It took something away from it. I usually don't watch movies without her. This one she wanted to watch. We have both been to where this was filmed. I went to this place when the GOT sets were up. So I will save The Fly for a rainy day. In The Name Of The Father we will watch together. We both can't wait for your reaction. I just have to wait till 1930 when she she gets home. Actually you didn't wake me up this time. I usually wake up anyway. So you caught me in saying part of my morning prayers. We both look forward to your reaction.

Chris Thom

Been wanting to see this for a while. Pretty sure DD Lewis was nominated for an Oscar for this.

JL_83

I remember hearing about this movie back in the day before I even knew who Daniel Day-Lewis was…I didn’t see it until about ten years later and of course was blown away, not a surprise when you have an actor like DDL giving it his all, Pete Postlethwaite (RIP) and Emma Thompson are terrific in this as well; some trivia: DDL turned down the Tom Hanks role in Philadelphia to do this movie, both were Oscar nominated, but then Hanks won, how ironic! All you have to do now is watch My Left Foot and you would’ve seen all of DDL’s Oscar-nominated performances…

JL_83

If you mean Day-Lewis he has three: My Left Foot; There Will Be Blood, & Lincoln; if you mean Hanks he has two: Philadelphia, & Forrest Gump

Zane From Canada

My prediction. Cassie will love this and hate it. Hate it because the falsely accused are tortured and go to prison. Love it because they're proven innocent in a court of law and everyone responsible is held accountable.

Jake McNulty

Just finished watching this one. I know this was a tough one for you Cassie, but well done on making it through to the end. A great film with great performances. Also, bit of a side note, my paternal grandfather was a guard at the prison were Gerry Conlon was held. In fact he actually got a brief mention by name in the book as Gerry considered him one of the few good men working in the system.

Chris Thom

Oh thank you. My Left Foot was the one I was trying to remember. Just heard he's coming out of retirement to star in his son's movie.

Mike Lemon

That reminds me, Cassie should watch Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)...

Michael West

This is such a good film about a very tragic and complicated history. The writing and acting are amazing. Daniel Day Lewis is great and Pete Postlethwaite is so good. So glad you got to see it. These Pick-a-Flick choices have all been so good.

MGCR

This was England in the 70s and 80s. As far as they were concerned, the only good Irishman was a dead Irishman.

Luke Kane

Iv literally been waiting years for you to do this movie. Definitely worth the wait. ♥️🇮🇪

Choof

As for DDL movies id recommend next, My Left Foot (1989), another true story for which he won his first of 3 Oscars (there will be blood and Lincoln being the others) and Age of Innocence (1993) a romantic movie in the vibe of pride and prejudice and gilded age directed by Martin Scorsese if you can believe it and co starring Michelle Pfeiffer

Clay F

Awesome movie. Nom Best Picture Oscar. DDL (nom Best Actor Oscar) is great here and in his other movies. Lincoln (2012) is my favorite DDL. Back in the early to mid-90s, I was hyper-focused on the English-IRA conflict and its resolution. My last name is an Irish name. In the mid-1800s, five "F" brothers came to NYC from Ireland during the potato famine. 2 stayed in north. 3 went south US. I am descendant of 1 of the 3 that went south. "Michael Collins" (1996) (war/thriller) (Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts) based on true story of English-IRA conflict. Watched several times over years. One of my favorite Liam Neeson movies. A "magnetic performance" from Liam Neeson in the title role. Takes place 1916-1922. In the Name of the Father takes place 1974-1989.

Nick Ireland

Such a powerful movie, glad you loved it. This film is about the falsley-imprisoned people who became known as the Guildford Four. There was also the Birmingham Six - six Irish men who were given life sentences for bombing and were later proven innocent after 16 years locked up. As some others have said, I think your next Daniel Day Lewis movie should be "My Left Foot", for which he won his first Oscar. It's also a true story, with the same director, about an Irish man with cerebral palsy. It's really moving and his performance is phenomenal. As my name suggests, I'd love you to react to more Irish movies/ movies about Ireland in general but i know that's a tall order! I think you'd love Circle of Friends, Into the West, the Wind that Shakes the Barley (Cillian Murphy), In America, Once, and The Boxer (another Daniel Day Lewis one with the same director).

Nick Ireland

I'm an Irish man living in England and it's crazy how times have changed so quickly and how soon we (they) forget!

Ignis Rændl

haven't seen this masterpiece in a long time. obviously the truth of the story makes it harrowing, but add Daniel and Emma and Pete's amazing performances to that and damn it is a hard watch. looking forward to watch along with you on this one, Cassie. (also just wanted to suggest "Brassed Off" with the late great Pete Postlethwaite in it;)

Ignis Rændl

add another vote for 'Age of Innocence'. definitely in Cassie's comfort zone.

LEO

I enjoyed your reaction very much. To get a better understanding of Northern Ireland and the background to the Irish 'troubles', I recommend another great movie starring Liam Neeson and Julia Roberts. It's a historical biography of one of the legendary Irish leaders of the time. It covers the time period from 1916 to 1922, which includes the Irish War of Independence, the Anglo Irish Treaty and the Irish Civil War which followed. Michael Collins (1996).

Clay F

Excellent reaction. Animated. The scenario of an innocent person wrongly convicted and sent to prison definitely gets to you. I appreciate that sentiment. Thanks Nick for the PAF.

Joe J

When I watch fullscreen on the patron player, the picture is always fuzzy, slightly pixelated. Anyone else having this problem?

kaiielle

This is a YouTube video, not directly uploaded to Patreon. It probably defaulted to a lower resolution, you can change it to a higher one. I have to do this often.

Above Average Dave

I read an interview with Paul Thomas Anderson who directed, THERE WILL BE BLOOD and PHANTOM THREAD, among others. He said Day-Lewis is such a maniac method actor that he would stay in character for the whole movie, including off hours. He said the most random thing was between takes, having Day-Lewis interact with him and people telling jokes and acting (mostly) normal, except he was doing it all in character — not just in the character's voice, but in his persona. Michael Mann told a similar story about how Day-Lewis went to meet his finaceé's full family at Thanksgiving for the first time while they were shooting the latter part of LAST OF THE MOHICANS and wore buckskins and carried his musket, powder and shot into the house, keeping the musket close at all times. No word on whether he marveled at the television while watching the football games.

Just Plain Bob

Another unsolicited suggestion for Halloween, this year or in the future. The first season of Mick Garris’ “Masters of Horror” was excellent. After the first season, the quality dropped quite a bit. Each of the 13 episodes of the first season was an hour long. The premise was simple. Thirteen legendary horror directors could develop any script they wanted, as long as the resulting episode met the time constraints. Directors included: *Don Coscarelli (of “Phantasm” fame) *Stuart Gordon (“Re-Animator” and “From Beyond”) *Tobe Hooper (“Texas Chainsaw Massacre”) *Dario Argento (“Deep Red”, “Suspiria” and “Tenebre”) *Mick Garris *Joe Dante (“Piranha” and “The Howling”) *John Landis (“An American Werewolf in London”) *John Carpenter (“Halloween” and “The Thing”) *William Malone *Lucky McKee *Larry Cohen (“It’s Alive” and “The Stuff”) *John McNaughton (“Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer”) *Takashi Miike (“Audition”)

Matt Rose

One of the best acted films ever.

Brian McGovern

That was some pretty vicious finger pointing there Cassie. 😄 Did you get your blood pressure checked after that?

Gray

First time watch for me, great film and reaction. Acting performances we're top notch. I'd never heard this story so shocking the injustice of it especially with none of the cops getting any real punishment. On another note being a fan of British/Irish sitcoms it's always amusing seeing actors in serious roles. Todd Unctious from Father Ted as the cop saying he'd kill his father & also Alan Johnson from Peep Show as the Jamaican prisoner.

Johnny Bullis

Cassie.. thank you for watching this and thank you to the person who picked it for you. My mom loved this movie when I was a kid and I never watched it with her and now I regret not sharing this one with her. This movie was amazing and youre 100% correct to say Daniel Day Lewis was amazing in it.. as were all the actors. My family has Irish heritage so this one definitely hit home.. and Gerry losing his dad got me tearing up because it reminded me of losing my father a couple of years ago. And that ending got me too. Wow.. just wow.

Canadianant

This was fantastic. First time for me. An excellent pick. Truly wonderful performances. It's incredibly hard to watch these poor innocent souls put though this travesty specially with such flimsy "evidence". Almost unbelievable. How do they sleep at night? Thank goodness the truth came out unfortunately too late for Giuseppe. Thank you for watching it.

Chris Thom

Oh wow never heard of that. So each episode was a continuation of the same story?

Chris Thom

I totally forgot about it this month. Forgot to enter. There's not a ton of reminders about it, but there are some. Mostly up to us to remember to enter a submission every month. Same form every time.

Just Plain Bob

Nope. Each was self-contained, a one hour film. My personal favorites were “Cigarette Burns” (John Carpenter), “Incident On and Off a Mountain Road” (Don Coscarelli’s adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale’s short story of the same name) and “Deer Woman” (John Landis - more of a comedy than a horror movie). The series originally aired on Showtime in the mid-2000s. There was a second season but the drop off in quality was pronounced. It’s available on Amazon.

Shehab Dawoud

Did not expect that to be so emotional! DDL is British, not Irish. He's just a master of doing different accents and voices, and really becoming the character. So he's basically the opposite of Kevin Costner. I always watch this video in awe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpDalntZPiw There isn't a lot of him left for you to watch, at least not mainstream movies. He was very selective in what he did. That's one of the reasons why I can't have him as the GOAT, even though the talent is there. But the ones that are left are: My Left Foot, The Age of Innocence, The Crucible, and The Boxer. My Beautiful Laundrette and A Room with a View are also great early ones, but I don't know how accessible they are.

Chris Thom

Would be so wild to see him show up on a sitcom or something. Even though I'm sure he could pull off pretty much anything.

Shehab Dawoud

I don't know about that. Does he strike you as a funny guy? It would be shocking.

Chris Thom

Uh oh. Haven't seen the reaction yet but the literal finger pointing by Cassie means it's serious. Some s-- went down in that plot.

Chris Thom

Sounds neat. Going to look for that. I always loved short stories. Especially Stephen King. Can't believe I haven't heard of this before. Project Greenlight is the one I remember, but never fully watched it.

Chris Thom

Could definitely see him studying comedy obsessively and getting proficient at it. Was just listening to Reese Witherspoon on a podcast talk about how she figured out comedy just by studying it. I never thought she was funny originally, but she did get pretty decent at it over time.

Stick Figure Studios

Every time I watch this movie I forget that Tom Wilkinson shows up in the last scene.

SeanATX

This has been my most hoped-for reaction from Cassie for a long time and it certainly delivered. She’s always had strong reactions to true stories and/or wrongfully accused characters. And despite the pedigree of DDL and a best picture nom, I feel it’s a really under appreciated movie these days. Glad this will get at least a few folks to watch it for the first time.

Chris Thom

RIP. Fantastic actor.

Johnny Bullis

Its ironic that my mom watched this when I was a teen and I didn't think Id like it.. I regret not giving it a chance with her. But it was fun to watch with Cassie.. and youre right.. her reactions are the best.. I was choked up.. but when Cassie balled.. that was it for me.

Wesley

The police officer who did the investigation, Peter Imbert, was made a Baron life peer in 1999. A full 10 years after the acquittal and they made him a Baron, disgusting. In addition to the Guildford Four, there was also the Macguire Seven, and the Birmingham Six, more innocent people wrongly tried and convicted of crimes they never committed.

JPDotCom23

It was Daniel Day-Lewis who pushed for Pete Postlethwaite to play Giuseppe in this movie. Day-Lewis had nothing but respect for Postlethwaite and wanted to work with him. While he did appear in a lot of movies before, such as Mel Gibson's Hamlet, Alien 3 and The Last of the Mohicans, it was this movie that made him famous.

JPDotCom23

You should also check out 'My Left Foot', which won Day-Lewis a Best Actor Oscar, a movie also directed by Jim Sheridan, who did this one, and 'The Last Of The Mohicans', directed by Michael Mann.

Brent Petty

No one responsible was held accountable. They even put it into words at the end of the film.

Jay F

Absolutely one of my favourite movies. There were a few dramatic licenses taken but the saddest was that in real life Giuseppe and Gerry were never housed together and weren't even in the same prison. Gerry never saw his father again after being arrested and Giuseppe essentially did die among strangers...

Jacob King

A really great movie. This sort of thing, falsifying evidence, collective punishments, is a standard part of colonial policing. In 2011 records of the imprisonment, torture and murder of Kenyan freedom fighters was found after 60 years of the British saying no records existed. Part of why the Chief Inspector could sleep at night was this was definitely not the only time he’d lied on the stand or beaten a confession out of a man. A reminder for Americans that Leonard Peltier was only released this year.

Jeri1979

Well, thanks. I was more hoping for the next GoT reaction today. Sad that the Fly reaction isnt available for us normal mortal subscribers either... Perhaps I give it a try as so many people speak so positively about it.

Just Plain Bob

The Fly will be posted here. It’s just that the extra butter tier patrons watched it as Cassie reacted - she’ll post it later.

Gray

I'm guessing the computer problems is the reason GoT isn't out, bit of a backlog of editing going on.

Mike Lemon

"...a standard part of colonial policing...", "...Kenyan...", "...Leonard Peltier..." Hmm, seems pretty political. "A reminder for Americans that Leonard Peltier was only released this year." Also, what does a *still* convicted murderer, who is *still* on house arrest, have to do with movie? Maybe you didn't read the FAQ so here- Patreon Rules: Most of these go without saying, but: ... 3. No religious or political discussion. ...

Dara Ryan

Please also watch Michael colllins starring Liam neeson and Julia Robert’s

Catherine LW

Just stop. Read the rules here.

Chris Thom

Isn't The Fly posted below? I know the watch-a-long was Extra Butter but I thought it went up for everyone after?

Gábor Árki

Finally, a reaction I was genuinely excited about. It's been a while. I really wish more movies like this would make it into the lineup: powerful true stories, high-profile dramas, films with outstanding performances and awards recognition. What a fantastic movie. I had never seen it before, though it had been on my radar for a while. But I kept putting it off for years, waiting for a reaction. It always felt just within reach, it showed up on so many polls and was suggested so often, but somehow it just never happened. I already had a rough idea of the premise, and I suspected it would make for a great reaction from Cassie, given how much she hates injustice but loves a good courtroom drama. And I was right. Daniel Day-Lewis is on a whole other level. There are plenty of great actors out there, but even among them I feel he stands out. He has this rare ability to completely disappear into a role, transforming so fully that it is sometimes hard to believe you are watching the same person each time.

Jeri1979

Unfortunately not, Extra Butter only.

Chris Thom

Overall I think the Pick a Flick has been a major success. Maybe not always the most watched movies or shows on the channel, but still really glad she does it. Plus you never know which films will tip someone over into being a loyal Patron or follower.

Catherine LW

Interesting that the mods let this comment go. Of course we know why.

Clay F

+1 for Michael Collins (1996)

Clay F

This is fact (not political): In 2011, records detailing the imprisonment, torture, and murder of Kenyan freedom fighters were found, revealing that the British government had secretly held them for decades while publicly denying their existence. The discovery, known as the "Hanslope Disclosure," took place during a compensation lawsuit filed by survivors of the Mau Mau rebellion, forcing the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to admit it had been hiding the archives.

Jacob King

Hi Mike, political is obviously a subjective term and it can be difficult to understand what some people see as political and what was just a comment on the historical context of a film. In The Name of the Father is obviously already a very political film. It was made five years before the Good Friday Accords so was part of an active conflict. There is a scene in the movie where the prison officer tells Giuseppe his campaign has made its way to the US congress this is not a movie about an isolated miscarriage of justice but a complex political event with international implications. In another scene the West Indian prisoners are shown eating a map of the British Empire that has been soaked in acid. This is part of the film’s commentary linking the Irish struggle with that of other colonised peoples. In another scene the prisoners watch the movie the Godfather Sheridan is comparing the IRA to the mafia, as that is the scene where the prison officer is assaulted, but the Godfather is also significant because Marlon Brando refused to collect his best actor Oscar that year in protest over Hollywood’s treatment of First Nations people and out solidarity with AIM and Leonard Peltier who spent 49 years in prison based on dubious police testimony. All of this is textual in the film we watched, it is the filmmaker’s intention to first provoke our emotion and then challenge us to think about the world. Nothing I said was more controversial than the actual movie. I didn’t mention party politics, current events or push an agenda - which is how I would interpret the guidelines btw. I’m sorry if you were personally offended. I do think quoting my comment in the way you did was a bit obnoxious and you might want to consider a different approach going forward.

Mike Lemon

"or push an agenda" Pushing X to doubt.

Rick Williams

Powerful reaction, to a powerful movie, Cassie. This is my first time see it. It was great to watch it with you. I vaguely remember hearing about this case when they were freed. The fact that none of the police who knowingly sent incent people to prison paid no price for what they did is a crime.

Arturo

So adding The Crucible (1996) to the list, another Daniel Day-Lewis movie ?

Clay F

"Until my father is proved innocent... I will fight on in the name of my father and of the truth"

Milton Reduxed

These terror attacks happened in Britain so it's not colonial policing Also Africa under black governance is generally considered the most corrupt region in the world—it's not an easy place to manage and has generally gone backwards since the end of colonialism

Milton Reduxed

If that was true Irish people wouldn't remain living in England. Nobody was forcing them

James English

please watch the snapper, best irish movie of all time