Stella Days
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  • Starring: Marcella Plunkett, Martin Sheen, Stephen Rea, Trystan Gravelle
  • Summary: A small town cinema in rural Ireland in the 1950s becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle between Rome and Hollywood, and a man and his conscience. Martin Sheen stars as Father Daniel Berry in a story about the excitement of the unknown versus the security of the familiar, as those in the town find themselves on the cusp of the modern but still clinging to the traditions of church and a cultural identity forged in very different times. (Tribeca Films)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Jun 21, 2012
    70
    Although Martin Sheen often goes full cherub in his depiction of the film's central Catholic priest, the pictue is also a frank assessment of a cleric's crisis of faith and the church's rather ruthless efforts to maintain medieval control in the face of modernization.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    Jun 19, 2012
    70
    Playing an emotionally burdened small-town Catholic priest in culturally isolated 1950s Ireland, Martin Sheen does his best work since "The West Wing" in Thaddeus O'Sullivan's Stella Days.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Jun 21, 2012
    50
    Relaxed performances and pillow-soft photography compensate somewhat for the story's narrow ambitions, but they're not enough to invigorate a movie that clearly would rather charm than challenge.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Jun 22, 2012
    38
    Sheen's throwback portrayal is appealing enough, but flat characters, dull revelations and uninvolving complications make this deliberately small film feel nearly microscopic.

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