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Angela's Ashes is a 1999 biographical drama film based on the memoir of the same name by Frank McCourt. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, it was co-written and directed by Alan Parker, and stars Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge, the latter three playing the Young, Middle, and Older Frank McCourt, respectively. Angela's…
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*(NOTE: Capsule version of the review is available here.)* Today’s Ireland, even with Celtic Tiger becoming a thing of the past, looks like a promised land to the poor people of Eastern and Southern Europe. It was quite different thing nearly century ago when Ireland, despite winning its independence from the British, remained one of the poorest countries in Europe. At least this is the impression you might get from…More
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When I look back at my childhood, the first line of Angela's Ashes is how my brothers and I managed to survive at all. They will also wonder how they ever survived when people look back on this film. The film's main flaw is that the length of two and a half hours goes at the pace of a death scene for Leslie Nielson. Misery likes company and seeks a lot of company in this study of this Irish misery to avoid this one…More
Based on an autobiography by Frank McCourt, Angela´s Ashes takes us to a childhood experience of poor catholic Ireland in the first half of the twentieth century. Frankie is born in the USA, but his family moves back to Ireland and during his hardships growing up in this sick society, his dream of sailing back to USA grows within him. The cinematography is solid, the acting is fine, except maybe the actor playing th…More