Anthony Hopkins, Fanny Viner, Frances Viner

Anthony Hopkins stars as Bill Hooper, a man embittered by his divorce and loss of custody of his son. Feeling betrayed personally and politically, Bill finds an outlet for his anger in his friend Roge...( read more  read more... )r Miles (Jim Broadbent), who's also going through a custody battle. Living out his own need for reprisal, Bill persuades Roger to employ dishonest tactics to gain the upper hand in the case, escalating the situation into an ugly, all-out war.

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R, 90 min.

Directed by: Mike Newell

Release Date: June 1, 1986

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DVD Release Date: July 7, 2005

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  • March 27, 2009
    Bill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his friends is being sued for divorce by hiw wife so that she can enter a lesbian relationship, Bill decides to help his friend gain custody of his son...in any way that they can devi...( read more)se, including using a sleazeball lawyer. But while Bill feels that Feminism has robbed him of his family, he begins to be appalled at what he and Roger have done.
  • February 29, 2008
    A bitter, divorced man who lost custody of his son helps a friend help him get his son back.

    Watchable TV movie with interesting themes that takes a different approach. Good to see Jopkins play someone normal, and not larger than life. Even at 85mins, the plot is spread really t...( read more)hin and becomes dramatically uneven at times.
  • February 11, 2008
    c'est sortit en 85 mais pas 87. le jeux vidéo il est terrible
  • June 13, 2007
    This was actually filmed in my block of flats years ago, before Hopkins did the likes of Silence of the lambs!
  • March 8, 2007
    a good familiar movie
  • February 6, 2007
    love the script love the directer, love the music, love the actors, felt sorry for sonny. i love this film
  • December 11, 2006
    This film looks alright , i would like to see it!

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