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- 2001
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 30 m
- 2001
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 30 m
Summary A poignant portrait of a family's free-fall into poverty seen through the eyes of an innocent child, personifying the dream of a brighter future. (Lions Gate Films)
Directed By: Stephen Frears
Written By: Jimmy McGovern
- 2001
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 30 m
- 2001
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 30 m
Liam
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Summary A poignant portrait of a family's free-fall into poverty seen through the eyes of an innocent child, personifying the dream of a brighter future. (Lions Gate Films)
Directed By: Stephen Frears
Written By: Jimmy McGovern
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
74
80% Positive
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20 Reviews
16% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
74
80% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
16% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Downbeat, ultimately tragic, but there's a wondrous, sad beauty here.
There is something about Stephen Frears' complex, heartbreaking, beautifully made Liam that seems to speak eloquently, painfully to the dilemmas we are facing today, to the terrible price dark times can extort from us all.
Frears makes every note count for a lot in this beautifully gauged microcosm of big emotions expressed in small gestures.
Has some rapturously observant sequences concerning childhood.
At once a heartfelt story about a family undone by violence and an overburdened allegory of fascism.
Liam's deck is stacked. It's too bleak and filled with abrasive characters who don't deserve our sympathy to reveal much new about the human condition.
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Production Company
BBC Film,
Liam Films,
Road Movies Filmproduktion,
Moving Image Development Agency,
Diaphana Distribution,
BIM Distribuzione,
WDR/Arte,
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD),
ARD Degeto Film
Release Date Sep 21, 2001
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Big Heroes Come In Small Packages.
Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination
