Flag Day

Flag Day

20/8/2021 1h 48m 5.8/10

Overview

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

Director

Sean Penn

Top Billed Cast

Katheryn Winnick

Katheryn Winnick

Patty Vogel

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin

Uncle Beck

Sean Penn

Sean Penn

John Vogel

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan

Mr. Emmanuel

Dylan Penn

Dylan Penn

Jennifer Vogel

Hopper Penn

Hopper Penn

Nick Vogel

Reviews

dennyjt

8/5/2022

6/10

Wrenching family drama is expertly handled by Penn who has found his forte in making 1970s-style studies of conflict. Based on a non-fiction memoir, Dylan Penn, in a compelling performance, is the daughter of perennial liar and conman Sean Penn. Early on, he is shown being sent to prison for robbery, before the movie flashes back to show he has never changed from being a schemer, unreliable and unsuited to be a decent father. No wonder the girl grows to be a wayward teen, but surprising she straightens up, even becoming a college graduate. Always hanging over her life is her father, whose every return promises hope of reunion, which is inevitably destroyed by his troubled personality. Heartbreaking cinema at its best.

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