A Love Divided (1999)
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53% of critics liked it
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54% of users liked it
(859 ratings)
Based on a true story, A Love Divided chronicles the aftermath of Sheila's (Orla Brady) pledge to send her children to Catholic school. Raised Protestant, Sheila was forced to sign a contract obligating her to bring up her own children as Catholics when she was married into the religion, but… More Based on a true story, A Love Divided chronicles the aftermath of Sheila's (Orla Brady) pledge to send her children to Catholic school. Raised Protestant, Sheila was forced to sign a contract obligating her to bring up her own children as Catholics when she was married into the religion, but years later she decides that no church will dictate the religion chosen for her kids. The dogmatic Father Stafford (Tony Doyle), however, is so relentless in his insistence that her children do, indeed, become Catholics, that Sheila is forced into kidnapping her own family. With both the highest levels of the Irish government and the Vatican after her, the potential consequences of not following the Catholic faith become increasingly surreal. Directed by Sydney Macartney, the film also features Liam Cunningham, Jim Norton, Peter Caffrey, and Brian McGrath. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sydney Macartney
- Written By
- Stuart Hepburn, Dierdre Dowling, Gerry Gregg
- Genres
- Drama, Faith & Spirituality, Art House & International
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1999 Wide
- Studio
- Parallel Films
Critic Reviews
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
An Irish drama that's a lot more sly and a lot less straightforward than it appears on the surface.
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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Powerful indictment of the lengths human beings will go to to be right.
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Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The drama feels artificially pumped-up.
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Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
It's like a PBS version of a movie of the week about child abduction, complete with histrionic, spit-flecked speechifying in quaint Irish brogues.
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Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
A cautionary tale of the mischief that can happen when men no longer see their neighbors as human.
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