Review of Flag Day (2021) by Richard Roeper for Chicago Sun-Times — 18 Aug 2021
In Flag Day, Sean Penn directs himself for the first time and has cast Dylan Penn, his daughter with Robin Wright, as the lead — and the two are absolutely mesmerizing together, beautifully capturing the enormously complicated dynamic between a con man of a father who rolls out of bed with a fresh set of lies ready to go every morning, and an emotionally broken and bruised daughter who knows her dad is a walking bundle of disappointment but wants to believe that this time — this one time — he really has changed.
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This review of Flag Day (2021) was written by Richard Roeper and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 18 August 2021.
Flag Day has generally received mixed reviews.
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