Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
positive
8(53%)
mixed
6(40%)
negative
1(7%)
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80
A wise and beautiful film.
80
Brims with understanding of the complexities of relationships, the frailties of humankind and the possibilities of joy.
75
At once proudly conservative, passionately idealistic and beautifully assured.
75
A solid, humane, old-fashioned film in the best sense of the term.
70
Few movies this year have been quite so rewarding with their 11th hour epiphanies.
70
The picture's deepest strength, however, is the fire Fernán-Gómez conjures from deep within himself, as if "honor" were an extinct volcano he could will into exploding, given enough anger and time.
65
It's filled with far too much talk and it never justifies its length, but if you succumb to its old-fashioned Renoir style of storytelling, The Grandfather has its pleasures.
63
Undercut by funereal pacing and an ending that seems more than a little contrived.
50
Old-fashioned storytelling.
50
Essentially conversations, confrontations, and an extremely pat -- and very verbal -- reconciliation.
