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A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men - the boy's long-lost father, who is off to Spain to fight the war against Franco, and an elderly uncle who has "come home to die" after a .. Read more
| Starring | Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Brid Brennan |
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| Director | Pat O'Connor |
| Genres | Drama |
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Donegal, 1936. The Mundy sisters - five of them, none married - welcome home their brother Jack, a missionary (Gambon).... read more on Time Out
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A bit too gentle for its own good
This splendidly acted piece of period Irish whimsy is certainly watchable (and beautifully filmed) but rather uninvolving. Not a lot happens which is a shame ... read more »
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Undemanding but enjoyable
Watched this a long time ago: I remember it as atmospheric and quite visual: I rented it prior to a play reading and as far as I remember it was pretty true to ... read more »
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Streep Dance - more chequebook than Chekhov
Having last watched La Streep in John Patrick Shanleys Doubt it was interesting to see the application of those looks and that voice to Eireann, with the ... read more »
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Where were all the Irish actors?!
This film had a fairly good story, although it was a tad depressing at the end. It was quite gentle and lovely to look at, but what really let it down was the ... read more »
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Dodgy Accents!
Always love to see Kathy Burke and Meryl Streep, but it was hard to get past the terrible accents all round! Nice in a kind of made-for-TV- harmless- enough way... read more »
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Dancing at Lughnasa
Enjoyable-and made you realise what life must have been like in those days-how difficult to put a meal on the table for all the family and how difficult if your... read more »
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entertaining
A thoroughly enjoyable film, well acted and worth seeing
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Poignant Piece
This is a worthy adaptation of Brian Friel's play. Top class acting in a drama that is both heart-warming and sometimes heart-breaking. There is a lot to ... read more »
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dancing at lughnasa
Boring , over-acted, cliche-ridden. Try reading the book instead.
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dancing at lughnasa
a wonderfully uplifting and sad and happy film the direction the actors the music everything is superb i would recommend this film to anyone regardless of ... read more »
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A little gem
Much is made of this picture being a cast led rather than a star led piece, and this is true. The five main female leads do just this, they work as a single ... read more »