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  • 2012
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2012
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 40 m

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 moder...

Directed By: Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Written By: Michael Doorley, Antoine O. Flatharta

  • 2012
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2012
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 40 m

Stella Days

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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 moder...

Directed By: Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Written By: Michael Doorley, Antoine O. Flatharta

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
56
67% Positive
4 Reviews
17% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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17% Mixed
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17% Negative
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70
Jun 21, 2012
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.
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70
Jun 19, 2012
Thanks to its understated elegance and surpassing central performance, this modest, too-eagerly schematic period drama is more engrossing than it has a right to be.
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70
Jun 19, 2012
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.
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67
Jun 20, 2012
Stella Days' strongest asset is Sheen.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 21, 2012
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.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
38
Jun 22, 2012
Sheen's throwback portrayal is appealing enough, but flat characters, dull revelations and uninvolving complications make this deliberately small film feel nearly microscopic.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Newgrange Pictures, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
Release Date Jun 22, 2012
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating TV-14
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Tagline One man, a small town and a big idea.
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Awards

Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Win & 9 Nominations

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