Angela's Ashes
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- Synopsis
- 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 at an early age to Limerick, Ireland, with his ......
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- Starring
- Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge
- Director(s)
- Alan Parker
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 145 min.
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USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites
True to the book's squalor but also finding honest humor where it can.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites
If this beautifully made if flawed film sends people back to his book, it will have done good work for sure.Read the full review
Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites
Artfully evokes the physical realities of Irish poverty, but mostly misses the humor, lyricism and emotional charge of Frank McCourt's magical and magnificent memoirRead the full review
