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Guest of Honour

Play trailer Poster for Guest of Honour Released Jul 10, 2020 1h 45m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A father confronts his 20-year-old daughter, who is in prison for a sexual assault. Their relationship will become more complicated when the past resurfaces.
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David Thewlis' performance aside, Guest of Honour serves as a frustratingly limited return to form for writer-director Atom Egoyan.

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Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) Perhaps it's fitting that a film about a restaurant inspector should elicit so many sniffs of suspicion. But there's a playful spice and pungency here too. Rated: 3/5 Nov 26, 2020 Full Review Peter Rainer FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) It's kind of a mess narratively and psychologically. Jul 22, 2020 Full Review Claudia Puig FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) It feels scattershot and overwrought, unfortunately. Jul 22, 2020 Full Review Dustin Chang ScreenAnarchy Guest of Honour might not be the best thing Egoyan has made. But with David Thewlis's affecting and measured performance, it comes close to his heyday of filmmaking in the 90s. Oct 23, 2020 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Taking place in various time periods, its tricky structure more garbled than intriguing, this is another recent Egoyan joint that's basically a trashy potboiler treated with a seriousness that only makes it all both leaden and silly. Oct 12, 2020 Full Review Joshua Brunsting The CriterionCast While it may not ultimately amount to much on a thematic level, Egoyan's latest is a fascinating experiment from a director who has seemingly found the spark once again. Sep 10, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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jamal w Most pointless movie in the league. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/18/23 Full Review james g Interesting at times. But 'interesting at times' in a review is never a good thing. I've seen worse, so two stars. Besides, the logic of the story didn't work for me. I liked the rabbit...till... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It is an entrancing and quickly seductive picture with interesting themes/ideas and careful direction but the few flaws it has are glaring and greatly curtail the spell that director Egoyan casts onto the viewer. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review john s RABBIT EARS Used to be rabbit ears pulled in tv channels, now they are a coveted culinary delicacy. If nothing else, one always learns something from an Atom Egoyan film. Consistently fine thespian David Thewlis as a complicated health inspector, carries "Guest of Honour" with the calm assurance, refined decorum, and meticulous deduction of Sherlock Holmes. Yet it is he who is the mystery. And as wonderful a performance it is (he really does carry the movie), the convoluted and twisty plot proves too benign and lacking, to do justice to foreshadowed expectations. A forgettable and perplexing storyline involving his jailed daughter is awkwardly distracting at best, and out and out messy at worst. Slipping in a comedic Wilson brother (Luke) as a serious priest is admirable, but alas, serves to sabotage the dramatic flow. Too bad, as the movie does indeed look great, and Thewlis is excellent, a commanding screen presence, delivering a perfectly nuanced role lacking a worthy supporting cast, and more importantly, a superior written vehicle. - hipCRANK Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A father confronts his 20-year-old daughter, who is in prison for a sexual assault. Their relationship will become more complicated when the past resurfaces.
Director
Atom Egoyan
Producer
Atom Egoyan, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss
Screenwriter
Atom Egoyan
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Production Co
Ego Film Arts, The Film Farm
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 10, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 10, 2020
Runtime
1h 45m
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