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Flag Day

2021

Sean Penn

Sean Penn, Dylan Penn, Josh Brolin, Hopper Penn ...

4.7

364

Drama. Thriller A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Sean Penn's last trip to Cannes was a flop. His adaptation of Jennifer Vogel’s memoir signals a change of tack – but still isn't much good (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A powerful father-daughter drama that reveals Dylan Penn to be a major actor (...) The actor-director is in top form"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"The film is hindered by a surprisingly pedestrian screenplay (...) considering the emotional stakes involved it’s neither terribly memorable nor moving."	NEU
United States	Caroline Tsai The Playlist	"The film often falls into predictable choices (...) If the film works, it does so in unrisky, unsurprising ways"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Sean Penn … he’s still got it (...) As a director, he knows how to bring the horsepower. And so it proves in this very watchable and well-made family drama (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Katz The Film Stage	"A hackneyed, unevenly written hybrid (...) the good intentions are palpable but chased with a real streak of vanity and self-regard."	NEG
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A sweet and rather straightforward father-daughter drama that lays out most of its emotional cards from the first act and offers few surprises along the way"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"The film is so weighed down by self-importance that the proceedings are embalmed in solemnity (...) Surprisingly, there’s no real spark between Dylan Penn and her dad"	NEG
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"It's significantly better than The Last Face, but that's not saying much (...) it anywhere near the vicinity of Penn’s best work"	NEU
United States	Ben Kenigsberg rogerebert.com	"Sean and Dylan Penn's scenes together are the heart of the film, and watching the two of them converse, you see one actor having a breakthrough—and it isn't Sean (...) Dylan proves to be a moving and multifaceted performer"	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"While the true-life film sometimes struggles with disparate tones, it’s a solid, subtle drama that opts in most cases for restraint over excess"	POS
United Kingdom	Olly Richards Empire	"Directing himself for the first time, Sean Penn allows himself a great deal of actorly excess (...) Far from the best of Penn's directing work but also not the worst (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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