Review from First Post

Upstairs, an elderly movie legend lies dying, and downstairs his family and loved ones mingle, all there to honour his last wish that his son Chris (Christopher Jaymes) record the days of his passing on film. As with any cinematic family reunion, the relationships are complicated, somehow ravelling together affairs, lesbianism, exes, drugs, relationships with much younger women, cousins who are also siblings and much, much more.

Such ingredients could prove a recipe for something horrendous, but actually In Memory of My Father is a clever, subtle, humorous movie about unknotting oneself from the familial ties through a process of intoxication, grief and vulgarity. Think Six Feet Under meets Curb Your Enthusiasm, perhaps. Rarely has screwball comedy been so deliciously deadpan.

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