In Memory of My Father

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

So many people set out to do one-location shoots, limit your budget, and shoot in a few days. However, few can do these things and produce a great product. They did a really great job with this one.

The acting is superb throughout the large ensemble of a cast. I really enjoyed the bathroom scene with Sisto. One of his best takes I've seen.

This movie is going to allow you to look at death and those around the death in a much different, maybe crazy at times, sort of way. I guarantee you will be entertained with laughter and just enough but not too much drama.

Excellent!

A story of human nature... deceptively intelligent. A younger, more edgy Woody Allen. The performances are strangely human, it's difficult to tell sometimes whether they are improvised or rehearsed as the quality of performances are impressive. It's a movie that doesn't question itself.

I was going to this movie thinking that I was about to see a head-on point of view on sons dealing with the death of their father. But this is a much more subtle film. The death of the father gives the film a mournful background on which great comedy and drama will take place.

I laughed out loud at several places and it is indeed a very funny movie but it also contain some profound thoughts and lessons of life. I love the way the sons can't deal with the death of their father and instead are concentrating on other problems in their lives making the absurd wake even more twisted. The music is great and I love this movie to bits. It is a movie which is truly complex, funny and beautiful and I really can't wait to see it again.

I had the pleasure of screening Christopher Jaymes' In Memory of my Father at the San Diego Film Festival last month and was completely swept off my feet. Possibly one of the most natural and well written scripts I have seen brought to life on the big screen. Full of raw, genuine emotion, this film puts the audience on location and inside the debauchery of "Dad's" wake. IMOMF is truly an unfeigned plunge into second generation Hollywood royalty. Experience three brothers coming to terms with their own quandaries, flaws, and failings amidst a bribe-driven documentation of their retired film producer father's wake. This film is brilliant. Not one single less-than-stellar performance made by any of IMOMF's amazing cast. Complemented by a phenomenal soundtrack (Belle and Sebastian's "Lord Anthony" never sounded so good), this film inspired me and reminded me why I love movies. In Memory of My Father is fresh, beautifully shot, deeply moving and at most times hilarious… a movie that everyone can identify with in some way. Christopher Jaymes wore all of the hats on this project: writing, directing, producing, editing, and starring (not to mention the great original music he did for the film). I spoke with Chris after the screening and wished him the best of luck, but this kind of talent needn't any luck. Go see this film. Nine out of ten stars in hopes that Chris will keep writing and directing. Plus the guy posts in his own forum, how cool is that?