The dizzying comic energy and intellectual vigor of Mordecai Richler’s 1997 satire have largely been drained from director Richard J. Lewis’ agreeable but inevitably lesser version of “Barney’s ...

There are three versions to every story, as the old movie mogul used to say. My version, your version — and the truth. Well, this is “Barney’s Version.” He could use someone to plead his case, too. As ...

Canadian producer Robert Lantos was smart to world premiere the long-gestating Barney’s Version at the Venice Film Festival instead of home-town Toronto; the book sold over over 700,000 copies in ...

If you're attending the Toronto Film Festival next month, you'll be able to check out this flick. Barney's Version stars the always entertaining Paul Giamatti in an indie dramedy about the life of a ...

Capsule reviews of films opening this week: “Barney’s Version” – Paul Giamatti is perfectly cast as novelist Mordecai Richler’s lovably self-destructive curmudgeon Barney, Canadian producer of schlock ...

IN this country Mordecai Richler is probably best known for the movie “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz,” based on his novel of the same name. (With Lionel Chetwynd, he also wrote the screenplay.) ...

UPDATE: Moments after I wrote that Barney’s Version was rumored to be headed for Sony Pictures Classics, the distributor has announced that it acquired U.S. rights to the film. They might not be done ...

A middle-tier marriage drama distinguished by an excellent Paul Giamatti. Richler’s tome takes the form of Barney’s memoir (written in response to a nemesis’ slanderous allegations), allowing the ...

Paul Giamatti gives a bravura performance as an blustering Canadian TV producer over four decades in the delightful and touching “Barney’s Version,” which Sony Pictures Classics will release for Oscar ...

%photo13% "Barney's Version" is a good enough movie to recommend, but not good enough that you won't feel very hesitant trying to defend it against its sizable flaws. For those convinced that they'd ...

Barney Panofsky has endured three failed marriages and is suspected of having killed his best friend years ago during a heated argument. He has always denied this and wishes to share his side of the ...