Emily Watson,
Robert Carlyle,
Joe Breen,
Ciaran Owens,
Michael Legge
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir by Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes is an alternately funny and heartbreaking look at growing up in Ireland. Born in Brooklyn, NY, young Frank (Joe Breen) moves... read more
Directed by: Alan Parker
Release Date: December 25, 1999
Keywords:
emily watson,
irish family,
alan parker,
frank mccourt,
robert carlyle,
well done,
Emily Watson ,
Alan Parker ,
Robert Carlyle ,
Irish Catholic
DVD Release Date: July 18, 2000
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June 23, 2011Fantastic film. Could watch this over and over again. The cast were fantastic and the acting was even better. A poignant story that had you reaching for the tissues because you were either laughing too hard or crying.
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November 24, 2010I'm pretty interested in reading the book now. As much as goes on in this film, I can't imagine it picked up on all the wonderful subtleties you can put in a book.
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May 27, 2008Alan Parker's incredible vision of Frank McCourth's bleak and harrowing story set in the slums of the poverty stricken ireland. a little gem that will earn more recognition with time.
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May 20, 2007Well, so I read this book just a few months ago and loved it. And guess what? It stayed very true to the book, I mean they cut out some parts but the story in its entirety was there. The characters were simply perfect and the dialogue was still as hilarious as it bit through the ... read more
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February 20, 2007Extraordinary and powerful autogiographical film of Irish expat Frankie McCourt in his childhood as the poverty.
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Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Of course, the movie is a thinner version of the novel, but you still get a drama that has you laughing and brokenhearted, often at the same time. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Angela's Ashes is the soggiest dud of all the major holiday releases. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mostly it's a series of visits to the welfare line. Full Review
January 1, 2000
David L. Beck, San Jose Mercury News
This one will disappoint fans of the book and repulse those who have not read it.
January 1, 2000
Jay Carr, Boston Globe
The film is too often trapped in its own reverence and solemnity.
January 1, 2000
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Parker has honored the core of the work and in the process turned a great memoir into a memorable movie.
January 1, 2000
John Anderson, Newsday
There's a compelling momentum to Angela's Ashes, Alan Parker's very faithful, if poetically subordinate, version of McCourt's book, which imposed elegance on squalor and intelligence on the indolence ...
January 1, 2000
Cody Clark, Mr. Showbiz
If Parker had aimed more at capturing the author's unique voice, and worried less about getting the details right, his movie might have been extraordinary.
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times
The film isn't wrenching enough to do it justice. Full Review
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