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- 1995
- PG-13
- Savoy Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
- 1995
- PG-13
- Savoy Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
Summary Set in 1950's Ireland, this romantic coming-of-age story follows three childhood friends from a small town as they head to college in Dublin.
Directed By: Pat O'Connor
Written By: Andrew Davies, Maeve Binchy
- 1995
- PG-13
- Savoy Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
- 1995
- PG-13
- Savoy Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
Circle of Friends
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6.0
Summary Set in 1950's Ireland, this romantic coming-of-age story follows three childhood friends from a small town as they head to college in Dublin.
Directed By: Pat O'Connor
Written By: Andrew Davies, Maeve Binchy
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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68% Positive
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32% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
70
68% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
32% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Their sweet, determined, gently understated struggle for fulfillment in a superstitiously conservative society makes this densely, deftly packed movie a quiet joy to behold.
Like an old-fashioned theater program, it tells you early on who and what each of its characters is--and so they prove to be, enjoyably. [10 Apr 1995 Pg.30]
Driver, who is padded but not fat, is an actress with self-possession to spare. Her looks defy conventional rules about modern beauty, but the directness of her gaze and the honesty of her smile make it difficult to look anywhere else when she is on screen.
It's not a challenging movie or an original one, but it does have its pleasures -- most notably a radiant, soulful debut performance from Driver, who saves Circle of Friends from being merely an Irish ugly duckling story.
This unashamedly old-fashioned coming-of-age story is nothing new, but remains highly watchable nevertheless.
Circle has a wit and warmth that makes something as glibly contemporary as Reality Bites seem trite and toothless. [15 Mar 1995, Pg.06.D]
From that point on, the movie becomes distressingly predictable, with nary a surprise to be found.
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Awards
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
