Flag Day (2021)
1h 48m | PG-13
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.
Director: Sean Penn
Studio: Ingenious Media
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Video: 720p
Cast
Sean Penn
as John Vogel
Dylan Penn
as Jennifer Vogel
Hopper Penn
as Nick Vogel
Josh Brolin
as Uncle Beck
Katheryn Winnick
as Patty Vogel
Eddie Marsan
as Mr. Emmanuel
Reviews
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.