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80Agnes Browne hums along as a series of pleasant vignettes, only frantically shifting to a single narrative track in its third act for the sake of an unbelievably upbeat ending.
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80Those needing their Irish fix will be satisfied and no doubt will leave the theater in far greater spirits.
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75A standout feature of the movie is its representation of female friendship.
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75Even though the soap employed is Irish Spring, this is still a soap opera.
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75Modest and prosaic, with an unfortunate fairy-tale ending (yes, it features Tom Jones).
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67Anges has nothing but affection for its characters and fondness for their quirkiness.
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63This is a modest but likable film, and Anjelica Huston plays a heroine who makes us smile.
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63A bawdy comedy that convincingly celebrates the resilience of the urban poor and the power of friendship in the teeth of despair.
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63A satisfying Irish stew made from very familiar ingredients.
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63A pleasant little confection that leaves behind the sneaking suspicion it should have amounted to so much more.
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63It flies apart when it clumsily introduces humor at a funeral or an application for death benefits.
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60Huston, with a flawless Irish accent, is simply wonderful as the tough, foul-mouthed and very funny Agnes Browne.
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60Anjelica Huston, a gifted and sometimes extraordinary actress, has given herself the title role in her second outing as director---a bitof miscasting for which the director, and not the actress, must be blamed
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60It is -- in mood, execution, and shameless sentimentality -- a Bette Midler movie with an Irish accent.
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Huston is a sucker for sentiment, and Agnes Browne is a sap's holiday.
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60Has an episodic rhythm and little dramatic tension.
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60There are a reserve and a realism in Huston's work that make her very modest film more affecting than you might expect.
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60A generally well-made tale of humor and hard luck.
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58Though the film occasionally rises to moments of genuine emotion and wit, it slips appallingly into corniness and hokum before coming to an abrupt and unconvincing end.
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50The material is familiar and the ending is corny, but Huston's acting and directing keep the comedy-drama likable if not very imaginative.
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50Floats along on the strength of its writing and supporting cast.
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50Great slabs of blarney are washed down with tears and Guinness in this yarn about a struggling Irish clan, and the resulting sentiment is blatant enough to wake Ned Devine.
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50There's nothing really wrong with Agnes Browne, except a tendency to take a few easy, convenient outs.
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50The movie's strength is in its comedy; a tragic subplot feels merely manipulative.
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38The jokes run hot, cold and tepid.
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30A character-driven piece with a character who seems somewhat hollow.
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30Soft-boiled blarney so sluttish with Hollywood clichés it could've been made in Burbank.
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