Barney's Version (2:12) 2010

Paul Giamatti is Barney Panofsky, a hard drinking Jewish Canadian television producer. Barney's life is shown in flashbacks starting with his early adult days in Rome. Barney marries three times. His first wife commits suicide, he divorces his second and third wives. Much of the story focuses on his life with his third wife, Mariam, his true love and mother of his two children.  Dustin Hoffman plays Barney's father, Izzy, a retired, widowed police detective. Although Barney is financially successful, he is also somewhat of an immature, insensitive screw-up. The end of the movie, where we see Barney in the final years, is sad. emotional and totally engaging. Giamatti is an excellent actor and is Barney from beginning to end. The cast is also very good. I really liked this movie and recommend it. It is a must see for Giamatti fans.