Richler's

In Richler's pages he is above all a voice—profane, sophisticated, tender, mean and funny—and the filmmakers prove unable to compensate for its absence…in attempting to honor the spirit of the book, they extinguish it.

Whose Barney's Version is This, Anyway? Beverly Akerman 2011

Then there's most of Richler's earlier oeuvre e.g. the lovely Gabrielle Lazure as Pauline Shapiro contrasted with the odious Esther, Joshua's mother—who performs a strip tease for her son's bar mitzvah friends—played by Linda Sorenson, inJoshua Then and Now.

Whose Barney's Version is This, Anyway? Beverly Akerman 2011

Unfortunately, it captures all too well the petty tone of Mordecai Richler's novel about artists sniping at each other for years at a time over betrayals real and perceived.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: Should Charlie Sheen Have Made "Born On The Fourth Of July?" Michael Giltz 2011

Unfortunately, it captures all too well the petty tone of Mordecai Richler's novel about artists sniping at each other for years at a time over betrayals real and perceived.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: Should Charlie Sheen Have Made "Born On The Fourth Of July?" Michael Giltz 2011

Unfortunately, it captures all too well the petty tone of Mordecai Richler's novel about artists sniping at each other for years at a time over betrayals real and perceived.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: Should Charlie Sheen Have Made "Born On The Fourth Of July?" Michael Giltz 2011

Producer Robert Lantos told a packed audience on Thursday night in East Hampton, he shepherded this film into creation after Richler's death.

Regina Weinreich: Barney's Version: A Who's Who of Canada Regina Weinreich 2010

The two had formed a friendship and realizing that this was probably Richler's finest work, Lantos persevered through severalscreenplays and a number of key changes.

Regina Weinreich: Barney's Version: A Who's Who of Canada Regina Weinreich 2010

British actress Rosamund Pike who ages miraculously through this story, based herrestrained performance on Richler's widow Florence who at 80, said Lantos, still has the stately demeanor of her youth.

Regina Weinreich: Barney's Version: A Who's Who of Canada Regina Weinreich 2010

It's as if this funny, sad, smart film set in Montreal andbased on Mordechai Richler's last novel, had its own inside jokes.

Regina Weinreich: Barney's Version: A Who's Who of Canada Regina Weinreich 2010

Unfortunately, it captures all too well the petty tone of Mordecai Richler's novel about artists sniping at each other for years at a time over betrayals real and perceived.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: Should Charlie Sheen Have Made "Born On The Fourth Of July?" Michael Giltz 2011