Publisher's Synopsis
Paul Giamatti gives a Golden Globe-winning performance as Barney Panofsky in this feature adaptation of Mordecai Richler's fictional memoir. The film tells the extraordinary story of Barney's attempts to find success and happiness in both his professional and romantic life. Told from the perspective of Barney himself, after the onset of Alzheimer's Disease, his fractured and fading memories are brought vividly to life in the form of three wives, played by Minnie Driver, Rosamunde Pike and Rachelle Lefevre, eccentric father Izzy (Dustin Hoffman), and best friend and unstable novelist Boogie (Scott Speedman).
