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      Gideon's Daughter

      2005 1 hr. 50 min. Drama List
      Reviews 77% 500+ Ratings Audience Score A widowed father (Bill Nighy) develops a deep bond with a woman (Miranda Richardson) mourning the death of her young son. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member It's worth seing it for Tom Hardy as very young actor, with... less than perfect teeth. :-) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Brilliant emotional film was getting very worried that something bad was going to happened to Natasha also loved the song by Emily Blunt can see why they chose her to play Mary Poppins. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review walter m "Gideon's Daughter" starts with middle-aged Sneath(Robert Lindsay) in his pajama bottoms welcoming Becca(Samantha Whittaker), a typist, into his apartment so he can transcribe a story that begins on a rainy night in 1997 on a red carpet. Gideon Warner(Bill Nighy) is so huge in public relations that he can send out Andrew(Tom Hardy) to work the floor for him. But not so above it all that he cannot settle a dispute between Dent(Tom Goodman-Hill), an M.P, and a distraught couple(Miranda Richardson & David Westhead). Plus, he also finds the time to watch his daughter Natasha's(Emily Blunt) senior recital which unsettles him so much that he starts pricing family psychologists... "Gideon's Daughter" is an odd one. Not in a weird way and it has nothing to do with Tom Hardy playing a non-violent character, either. No, it is a movie that cannot truly decide what kind of movie it wants to be, leading it to head in two equally opposite directions at once. On the one hand, all of the major characters are dealing with some kind of loss in their lives, with a national mourning serving as the background. And for some that might also belong in the arena of ridiculousness(along with the Millenium Dome) that was established in its framing sequence. That's not to mention an emotional climax that is more quirky than anything resembling heartfelt. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member An adorable drama with my big favorites Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt. Not sure I liked the open ending but all things considered it does make sense. Now I want to see the "Friends and Crocodiles"... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A beautiful and maybe even haunting portrait of a father's relationship (or lack of one) with his daughter. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member loved it! Emily was superb, a well deserved golden globe :) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Charles Cassady Common Sense Media Well-acted, witty dad-daughter BBC drama. Rated: 3/5 Dec 15, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A widowed father (Bill Nighy) develops a deep bond with a woman (Miranda Richardson) mourning the death of her young son.
      Director
      Stephen Poliakoff
      Executive Producer
      Stephen Poliakoff, Kathryn Mitchell
      Screenwriter
      Stephen Poliakoff
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 30, 2016