Angela's Ashes

Name: Angela's Ashes
Genre: Drama
Released: December 22, 1999
Duration: 145 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle

1999

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ANGELA'S ASHES

Movie Details & Credits

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 22, 1999

Starring: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle

Summary: Based on the best selling autobiography by Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes is the story of young Frankie and his siblings being raised in abject poverty in the slums of Limerick.

Director: Alan Parker

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 145 min

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94	#94 Most Discussed Movie of 1999

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New York Post - Jonathan Foreman

Lacks the humor and charm that fills the book and makes it so much more than a catalog of suffering.

San Francisco Examiner - Walter Addiego

The author calls the movie "perfect" - reassurance that the director hasn't tried to pull any fast ones. Read full review

Charlotte Observer - Lawrence Toppman

It really gets gloomy. Read full review

Newsweek - David Ansen

As well-crafted and sensitive as it is, the movie remains one step removed from inspiration. Read full review

L.A. Weekly - Ella Taylor

140 minutes of flat vignette, as dreary and uninvolving as the driving rain that never lets up on the benighted streets of Limerick. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Steve Davis

For those who adore McCourt's work, Angela's Ashes will most likely disappoint; for those unfamiliar with this inspiring chronicle of a survivor, it will neither impress nor dishearten to any degree. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle

The effect of the 2 1/2-hour film is deadening. Read full review

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FrankS.

Aug 30, 2005

This is an excellent film. Many critics have been disappointed with it in comparison with the book but when viewed as a film in its own right it is an excellent movie.

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JoeT.

Aug 27, 2005

This is quite a good movie. Despite being dominated by gloom, it retains a positive moral centre which keeps it enjoyable and heartening. It's perhaps a little too long also and it does tire a little towards the end, but it remains a very good film nonetheless.

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Jlbeam

Jun 16, 2014

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The quality of this movie wasn't to bad considering the time that the movie was made. I only gave it a 5/10 because the Book Angela's Ashes much better depicts the life of Frank McCourt. Also the book shows what Frank's father was really like. There is much more Drama in the book then the movie.… Expand

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EpicLadySponge

Apr 7, 2016

The real question is... can you make a true movie based on a book? Not Angela's Ashes, but we might know a perfect and true movie that does and you're looking at the wrong place.

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