Frances is a child between two worlds. At the age of 16 ... more than she cares to admit. Ultimately, Jimpa may have a bit too much on its plate, and it opts for a sincerity that feels a bit ...

These two meta-textual layers imbue Jimpa with intrigue. However, their interplay is informed by a third level, which ultimately kneecaps the movie both visually and thematically. Its desire to ...

Running time: 123 minutes. Not yet rated. Earnest sentimentality and a family casually yakking about sexual kinks make for strange bedfellows in “Jimpa,” an off-kilter dramedy that had its ...

The Post’s movie critic Johnny Oleksinski gave “Jimpa” two stars, calling it a “sappy film that tries too hard.” Oleksinski explained, “The overlong and too-steady movie tries to say ...

Sundance: Colman plays a filmmaker struggling to reconcile her resentment toward her gay father in Sophie Hyde's thinly rendered portrait of generational divides. “Jimpa” is a well-meaning ...

Gay men like Hannah’s dad (Lithgow) may teasingly refer to such people as “breeders,” but the fact is, in this family, Grandpa Jim — or “Jimpa,” as he prefers to be called — had two ...

Jimpa is two full hours and then it still won't end, showing more scenes during the credits. It is admirable that Hyde empowers frank discussions about sex and sexuality. Jim has a group of ...

Hannah plans to tell her father about the film when she and her impossibly perfect husband Harry (Daniel Henshall) take Frances to visit Jimpa, as they fondly call him. (If my ears didn’t ...

Just as last year’s Sundance saw the excellent film “A Real Pain” capture the delicate relationship between two cousins ... Thursday at Sundance, “Jimpa” begins with Hannah and Frances ...

as they are overshadowed by two masterclass performances and a script that portrays them as the most sententious character in “Jimpa.” Frances fails to be as realized of a character as Jimpa ...