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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sophie Hyde’s new film “Jimpa,” which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews, began as a deeply personal story about her experience as the child of a gay father and ...

I adore this film. I really connected with it, even if I'm not like anyone in it. Jimpa is the latest film written and directed by Australian filmmaker Sophie Hyde, best known for her previous ...