'Jimpa' Review: Olivia Colman and John Lithgow Soar in Beautiful, Bittersweet Drama
How do you capture a life? After all, there is nothing more breathtakingly vast than an existence full of joy, pain, pleasure and agony. Doing so is an immense undertaking that requires honesty and care in equal measure as we must look deeply at someone to expose all of what made them who they are without also hiding all of what can be many rough edges.
‘Jimpa’ Review: Olivia Colman and John Lithgow in a Well-Intentioned but Numbingly Earnest Inter-Generational Queer Family Drama
Sophie Hyde’s latest centers on a filmmaker navigating the cross currents between her nonbinary teenager and her hedonistic gay father while working on a project about the end of her parents’ marriage.
Breaking Baz: John Lithgow Bares His Soul — And That’s Not All! — In Powerful Sundance Pic ‘Jimpa’ With Olivia Colman As His Daughter
Deadline's Baz Bamigboye writes that John Lithgow is extraordinary as he bares his soul in ‘Jimpa,’ which opened the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
‘Jimpa’ Review: A Liberated John Lithgow Sets the Tone for an Unkempt Homage to Tradition-Defying Kin
Sophie Hyde’s highly unorthodox family portrait pays homage to her dad, who died before her trans child could appreciate his pioneering personality.
‘Jimpa’ Review: Olivia Colman & John Lithgow In A Queer Family Tale With The Best Of Intentions [Sundance]
Olivia Colman and John Lithgow can only carry Sophie Hyde's well-intentioned semi-autobiographical Sundance drama 'Jimpa' so far
Breaking Baz: Filmmaker Sophie Hyde Says It Wasn’t Easy Casting Olivia Colman To Play Her In Hot Sundance Movie ‘Jimpa’
Along with Colman as Hannah, Jimpa also stars Hyde and partner, editor and producer Bryan Mason’s 19-year-old offspring Aud Mason-Hyde playing Hannah’s teenage child Frances and John Lithgow as their grandfather Jim, the lively, provocative title character.
Olivia Colman on Basking in Queer Love—and Crying Her Eyes Out—in Aussie Drama Jimpa
If I could work with the queer community and trans people on every film, I’d have the happiest life,” the Oscar winner tells Vanity Fair. “Also, I learned more about myself.”
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Sundance 2025: 'Jimpa' is a Heartfelt, Resonant Film About Openness
Kicking off the 2025 Sundance Film Festival with a winner already. I adore this film. I really connected with it, even if I'm ...
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‘Jimpa’: Sundance Review
This is Hyde’s fourth film to premiere at Sundance, where its star cast should make Jimpa an attractive prospect for buyers. The script’s articulate encapsulation of the struggles of trans and gay ...
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“With Each Location We Embraced Its Essence: DP Matthew Chuang on Jimpa
Cinematographer Matthew Chuang delves into the difficulties of shooting between Adelaide and Amsterdam, the influence of Nan Goldin on the film and the “memorable experience” of riding a bike to set ...
Colman To Kick Off Sundance As Film World Reels From LA Fires
The US film industry's first major gathering since wildfires devastated Los Angeles begins Thursday at Sundance, where Olivia ...
Sundance Film Festival 2025: All Of Deadline's Movie Reviews
While the Sundance Film Festival mulls a big move for 2027, the 2025 is under way. The event’s 41st edition kicked off January 23 in Utah, and you can look below for all of Deadline’s reviews from the ...
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“It Was an Ambitious Project From the Get-go”: Editor Bryan Mason on Jimpa
Editor Bryan Mason discusses cutting Jimpa, shedding insight on his recurrent collaboration with Hyde, the question he always asks himself before embarking on a project and his background as a skate ...