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Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   9,472 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Frank McCourt (book)
Laura Jones (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
21 January 2000 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The Hopes of a Mother. The Dreams of a Father. The Fate of a Child.
Plot:
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations more
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(26 articles)
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A Rarity: A Film Totally True To The Book more (153 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Emily Watson ... Angela McCourt

Robert Carlyle ... Malachy (Dad)
Joe Breen ... Young Frank
Ciaran Owens ... Middle Frank
Michael Legge ... Older Frank
Ronnie Masterson ... Grandma Sheehan
Pauline McLynn ... Aunt Aggie
Liam Carney ... Uncle Pa Keating
Eanna MacLiam ... Uncle Pat
Andrew Bennett ... Narrator (voice)
Shane Murray-Corcoran ... Young Malachy
Devon Murray ... Middle Malachy

Peter Halpin ... Older Malachy
Aaron Geraghty ... New Born Michael
Sean Carney Daly ... Baby Michael
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145 min
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Poster and book cover by Bill Kaye. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Frankie gets the beginnings of conjunctivitis, and he rolls his eyes back, you can see the edges of the full-eye contacts used to simulate the ailment. more
Quotes:
Malachy: I wouldn't give the English the steam off my pish! more
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28 out of 30 people found the following comment useful.
A Rarity: A Film Totally True To The Book, 4 March 2006
9/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

I doubt if I would rate this film that high if I hadn't read the book. Frank McCourt's best-seller is so good, and this movie is so true to it, that if you liked one, you'll like this because rarely has film been so close to a book. It's amazing, given what normally is the case.

Even though the film brought no surprises, I still thought it was fascinating because of the fantastic cinematography in here and the great job done by the actors. The muted colors in this film are beautiful and the lighting is superb. Then again, it's hard to go wrong with a nighttime streetlight-lit shot of cobblestone streets. The directing talents of Alan Parker were never more evident than here. He should do more movies.

The book, "Angela's Ashes," is a biography of McCourt and his extremely poor Irish family. All three boys who play McCourt at various times in his development are excellent here. The whole cast is excellent, for that matter, led by "Angela" (Emily Watson) and husband Malachy (Robert Caryle). Two sadder-looking faces, you never did see, and a more rainy, dreary town (Limerick) you never did see....so if you're looking a happy, uplifting story, pass this one by. However, if you want a film totally true to a great book, wonderfully photographed film and one acted well ....and with some unique humor to it, check this out.

I don't want to leave out the humor, the key ingredient in McCourt's otherwise- depressing days of growing up. Humor and dire poverty never went together so well as McCourt made it sound through his book and the filmmakers did through this movie.

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