March 11, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety
Albert Finney,
Aidan Quinn,
Robin Wright,
Milo O'Shea,
Alan Devlin
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Gillies MacKinnon directed this charming Irish romance, taking place in a small Irish village in 1957, just before the first television set makes an appearance in this conservative hamlet. There is a ... read more
DVD Release Date: April 20, 2004
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March 11, 2008
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
It seems like everyone had a ball; I know I did. Full Review
March 11, 2008
Jeff Menell, Hollywood Reporter
This absorbing film boasts several outstanding performances as well as a richness in both story and character that is much too rare these days.
March 6, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
There's magic in it.
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Mr. Finney, looking puffy and ravaged in the role of a man who has lost much of himself to drink (and whose obsessive interest in Tara somehow offers him the chance of redemption), brings a furious, b... Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie seems determined to match our expectations, instead of challenging them. Full Review
March 11, 2008
Film4
The wry Irish wit sits like froth on the head of a glass of Guinness, masking a deceptively bitter brew. Full Review
June 21, 2007
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The film is set in 1957, before TV and cars became popular, thus explaining the centrality of two institutions in the Irish village: the church and the theater. Full Review
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