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Quick Info

Rating

7.0/10

Release2010

Runtime2h 14m

StatusReleased

Budget$30,000,000

Revenue$8,454,301

Production

Serendipity Point Films

Fandango

Essential Entertainment

Téléfilm Canada

Lyla Films

Corus Entertainment

Astral Media

Sony Pictures Classics

Movie

Barney's Version

2010

2h 14m

7.0

Comedy

Drama

Synopsis

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.

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