GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

bob dole There is not a false emotion running through In Memory Of My Father. It maintains a screwball sense of absurdity but paces itself to allow the humanism to shine through. Despite the dark tone, the likeably unlikeable ensemble cast is uniformly excellent, and there are some real laughs to be had. Hand-held cameras and semi-improvised dialogue lend it realism, while the flurry of well-crafted comic situations it creates brings it to heights of hilarity. Jaymes and his cast mates nail the characters and the dialogue and there's more than a whiff of Festen and Altman in this frantic, enjoyably overstuffed funeral drama. It's hilarious and so heart warming. Highly recommended

jhyde85 Chris Jaymes does an excellent job of giving his audience what the big studios can't seem to, a unique, enjoyable, worth your money and time experience with out resorting to throwing tens of millions of dollars into special effects for that "shock and awe" factor. While the movie is about a dysfunctional Hollywood family we all are likely to find a character or situation we can relate to particularly if we are from LA or NY. I've watched the film three times and have enjoyed it more each time. There is so much going on with the number of characters and fast pace, that it is difficult to pick it all up the first time around. Additionally, it is just one of those films that you can watch over and over again and I would bet that it will be a cult classic.

bstarr100 It begins in a manner that almost pisses you off... if you hadn't heard good things about the film, or noticed that it had won a bunch of awards, you might even want to leave within the first ten minutes... however, it builds, and builds and gets more and more layered and more intelligent until you're wrapped up entirely. Now, I want to watch the beginning because I will understand the humor from the beginning this time... don't get me wrong, the beginning isn't awful, it's just a lot going on and the characters seem somewhat unlikable... but that changes into an explosive honesty that moves the entire audience in some manner... mostly laughter, but at the same time subtly reminds you to look at your family and your relationships and all of the things that you don't do perfectly, and... yeah, well. that.

johno-21 I saw this a couple weeks ago at a screening by the Desert Film Society in Palm Springs. We were fortunate to have the film's Director/Writer/Editor/Actor Christopher James along with the films co-editor and fellow actor Eric Michael Cole and actor Pat Healey on hand to present the film and take Q&A at the film's conclusion. For the 17 commenter's on this film so far here at IMDb who gave this a 10 even James himself likely doesn't consider it a 10 since he said he planned to make additional edits to the the current screened version. This film is reminiscent at first of Jim McBride's 1967 film called David Hotzman's Diary about a fictional documentary of a character named David Holtzman who films a week in his life. It appears like the film is an actual documentary but everything is scripted. Blair Witch would of course use a similar technique years later. This starts out a little awkward but then gets rolling where you realize this is a well drafted script but you still wonder how much may be ad libbing which may or may not distract from the viewer of the film. I found a slight inconsistency in the films setting and an unexplained element of the films premise and a couple other minor elements that I would rather not write a spoiler about so as to not bring up questions before a lot of people have had a chance to view this film. It features a great young cast of actors, some of which have an extensive body of film and television work besides James, Cole and Healy including Judy Greer, Nicolle Tom, Matt Keeslar, Monet Mazur, Jeremy Sisto and Christine Larkin among the large ensemble cast. I liked Nicolle Tom and her character the most in this cast and would have liked to have maybe a little more of an expansion of that character here. Daniel Teper does the original music soundtrack and the music of Scottish band Belle & Sebastian are featured throughout the film. Some in my audience noted an offense to the film's rapid fire swear words in the film's beginning which may have distracted from the film initially although it isn't like that throughout the film. It's a good script and good acting and although a low budget independent film it looks good. I would give it an 7.5 out of 10.