Barney's Version

2011 • 134 minutes

About this movie

Based on Mordecai Richler's prize-winning comic novel, Barney's Version tells the story of Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti), a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. Barney's candid confessional spans four decades and two continents, and includes three wives (Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver and Rachelle Lefevre), one outrageous father (Dustin Hoffman) and a charmingly dissolute best friend (Scott Speedman). Barney's Version takes us through the many highs - and a few too many lows - of a long and colourful life with an unlikely hero at its centre - the unforgettable Barney Panofsky.