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  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary In 2006, amidst the ongoing, decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland, representatives from the two warring factions meet for negotiations. In one corner is Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall), the deeply conservative British loyalist; in the other is Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney), a former Irish Republican Army leader who has devoted his lif...

Directed By: Nick Hamm

Written By: Colin Bateman

  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 34 m

The Journey

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 21 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary In 2006, amidst the ongoing, decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland, representatives from the two warring factions meet for negotiations. In one corner is Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall), the deeply conservative British loyalist; in the other is Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney), a former Irish Republican Army leader who has devoted his lif...

Directed By: Nick Hamm

Written By: Colin Bateman

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 21 Critic Reviews
53
38% Positive
8 Reviews
52% Mixed
11 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 21 Critic Reviews
53
38% Positive
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52% Mixed
11 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews

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78
Jul 5, 2017
Spall and Meaney are mesmerizingly watchable in a film that’s 40% gruff dialogue and 60% seething silences.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 13, 2017
The Journey, thanks to its buddy-movie structure, is destined to feel a little corny, but the movie gets at something real. It’s a celebration, by two splendid actors, of the art of political theater.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
63
May 28, 2017
The Journey‘s wonderful stars — Spall, Meaney, Highmore, a testy Stephens and of course Hurt — make this sentimental saunter go down easily.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 15, 2017
Though the script tilts to the didactic, the performances are absolutely delicious, with Mr. Meaney droll and understated and Mr. Spall fiery and derisive, yet not above a joke.
By Andy Webster FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 6, 2017
Mainly of interest for the latest impressive turn from British national treasure Timothy Spall — snorting and blustering his way through the plum role of Protestant uber-firebrand Ian Paisley — deficiencies in script and direction render the vehicle less than road-worthy.
By Neil Young FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 13, 2017
It’s a strained, dramatically inert and often frankly silly odd-couple bromance fantasy about the Northern Ireland peace process negotiations.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
38
Jun 16, 2017
The final exchange between Paisley and McGuinness, when they shake hands, is the best, but by then it's far too late.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.4
57% Positive
4 Ratings
29% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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57% Positive
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29% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
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Production Company Greenroom Entertainment, Tempo Productions, Gorean Films
Release Date Jun 16, 2017
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Life made them enemies. Politics made them adversaries. One journey made them friends.
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Awards

Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
South Georgia Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Seattle International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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