great movie. It was funny hearing Meryl Streep speak with an Irish accent... I love the scenes where the sisters and the brother dance like crazy and feel free and are happy... There's mix of sacred and profane-pagan and religious...
I may never see this movie again but the memory of it will stay with me always, I think. I thoroughly enjoyed it, much to my surprise!
Typical of irish prose, lore and film, this is melancholy and sad and you wonder from where they summon the will to press on, through another day. One can only assume it was their faith, for they had little else but each other.
It was a slow, sorrowful waltz through the darkest shadows of spirit but it was strong story driven and I could not help but like it. Especially the one lighthearted free-for-all dance scene when they finally give in to the urge to shake off the shackles of maturity and just DANCE!
I fell just short of loving it but I really liked it a lot and will long remember it fondly ~
This movie was kind of depressing, as the ending is not that satisfactory. It was interesting, I loved the Irish culture, but it just leaves you feeling...well, there's no other word for it...Unsatisfied. Maybe it will be better what and if I see it again...maybe
Another film that I had never heard of.
A good story about one summer in a boys life. He lives with his mother and his aunts. They struggle to make ends meet and will be affected by the industrialisation. It will basically be the end of one of their incomes.
Michael Gambon is the brother returning from Africa after many years. He delivers a very good performance. Not sure what exactly is wrong with him, but he is not all there.
It is not really a feel good movie, but still enjoyable.
A good movie but don't expect much to happen, in the way of action that is. It's not boring though. Yes there are significant changes in the Mundy family but they really aren't for the better so that left me a little bummed. It, to me, was a subtle movie in which no one really had a meaty role to play but all were played well.
Better than the play in my opinion! Sometimes watching Meryl Streep is a rough go, but everyone was delightful. Expertly cast, with perhaps the exception of Gerry. Michael Gambon and Sophia Thompson steal the show.
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