Closing the Ring (2007)

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• Red L

  
  I like these sorts of stories. It is like a whodunit, but instead of a CSI figuring out who the killer is, we have to figure out how everyone is connected. I wondered for most of the movie what Mr. Quinlan (Pete Postlethwaite)'s connection to the story was. I saw this movie a… More
  I like these sorts of stories. It is like a whodunit, but instead of a CSI figuring out who the killer is, we have to figure out how everyone is connected. I wondered for most of the movie what Mr. Quinlan (Pete Postlethwaite)'s connection to the story was. I saw this movie a second time and liked it even more the second time. Scary stuff - Belfast in the 80's.

• Nicki M

  
  Not that crash hot, although I did sit through the whole thing. It really had the feel of a tv movie, and the worst soundtrack ever. The scenes with Ethel and Teddy are nice, but I wasn't too keen on the rest of it. Neve Campbell is highly unappealing in this, the scene where… More
  Not that crash hot, although I did sit through the whole thing. It really had the feel of a tv movie, and the worst soundtrack ever. The scenes with Ethel and Teddy are nice, but I wasn't too keen on the rest of it. Neve Campbell is highly unappealing in this, the scene where she takes on her mother, talk about over acting. Even Shirley MacLaine is not all that likeable as she generally is. The ending just fell flat and the big secret not worth waiting for.

• Dean M

  
  Fantastic romantic epic and enthralling story of young love. Director Richard Attenborough helms a deeply moving love story beautifully interwoven between the 1940s and the present.

• Daisy M

  
  Closing the Ring is an epic story and intimate tale starring Shirley MacLaine and Neve Campbell as a mother and daughter who find a relic from the past sparking an incendiary series of events. The year is 1991, and as a small American town mourns the passing of beloved World War II… More
  Closing the Ring is an epic story and intimate tale starring Shirley MacLaine and Neve Campbell as a mother and daughter who find a relic from the past sparking an incendiary series of events. The year is 1991, and as a small American town mourns the passing of beloved World War II veteran Chuck Harris, his wife Ethel (Shirley MacLaine) numbs herself with alcohol to the point where she completely neglects her grieving daughter Marie (Campbell). Later, after Marie receives a telephone call from a boy in Northern Ireland who claims to have recently discovered a ring belonging to Ethel, a mystery nearly five decades in the making comes slowly into focus as the story drifts back into Chuck's wartime past and the days when he and Ethel first formed their powerful bond, <a href="http://s420.photobucket.com/albums/pp286/ladypink_2009/?action=view&current=closingthering.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp286/ladypink_2009/closingthering.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> This film is about an old man digging up fragments of planes from World War II, thereby uncovering some heartbreaking secrets. "Closing The Ring" is probably about as unconventional as you can get, as it concentrates on the relationship among older people, characters with a thick Irish accent and setting against a backdrop of terrorist attacks. Maybe it is this unusual combination that makes the film interesting. The film recounts past regrets, unfulfilled promises and entangled relationships. The complicated plot weaving the past and present is well presented. Characters are developed well, drawing me to their experiences, making me feel the way they do. However, this Teddy guy is seriously miscast. He is so wooden and passionless. Mischa Barton is beautiful and great performance of her. Good directing by Richard Attenborough <a href="http://s420.photobucket.com/albums/pp286/ladypink_2009/?action=view&current=mischa-barton1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp286/ladypink_2009/mischa-barton1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> "Closing The Ring" is an engaging romantic drama. It is worth a watch.