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Margaret's Museum

  • 1995
  • R
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.4K
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Margaret's Museum (1995)
Drama

Margaret MacNiel, a girl living in a Cape Breton coal mining town, finds her life changing when she meets Neil Currie, a cheerful bagpipe-playing dishwasher. Unfortunately, neither of them a... Read allMargaret MacNiel, a girl living in a Cape Breton coal mining town, finds her life changing when she meets Neil Currie, a cheerful bagpipe-playing dishwasher. Unfortunately, neither of them are able to escape the industry around them.Margaret MacNiel, a girl living in a Cape Breton coal mining town, finds her life changing when she meets Neil Currie, a cheerful bagpipe-playing dishwasher. Unfortunately, neither of them are able to escape the industry around them.

  • Director
    • Mort Ransen
  • Writers
    • Sheldon Currie
    • Gerald Wexler
    • Mort Ransen
  • Stars
    • Helena Bonham Carter
    • Kate Nelligan
    • Clive Russell
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mort Ransen
    • Writers
      • Sheldon Currie
      • Gerald Wexler
      • Mort Ransen
    • Stars
      • Helena Bonham Carter
      • Kate Nelligan
      • Clive Russell
    • 14User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 6 nominations

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    Helena Bonham Carter and Clive Russell in Margaret's Museum (1995)
    Helena Bonham Carter and Clive Russell in Margaret's Museum (1995)
    Helena Bonham Carter and Clive Russell in Margaret's Museum (1995)
    Helena Bonham Carter and Clive Russell in Margaret's Museum (1995)
    Helena Bonham Carter and Clive Russell in Margaret's Museum (1995)
    Helena Bonham Carter in Margaret's Museum (1995)
    Helena Bonham Carter in Margaret's Museum (1995)
    Helena Bonham Carter and Clive Russell in Margaret's Museum (1995)
    Vic Sarin with Helena Bonham Carter. "Margaret's Museum" (1995).
    Helena Bonham Carter and Clive Russell in Margaret's Museum (1995)

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    Helena Bonham Carter
    Helena Bonham Carter
    • Margaret MacNeil
    Kate Nelligan
    Kate Nelligan
    • Catherine MacNeil
    Clive Russell
    Clive Russell
    • Neil Currie
    Craig Olejnik
    Craig Olejnik
    • Jimmy MacNeil
    Kenneth Welsh
    Kenneth Welsh
    • Angus MacNeil
    Andrea Morris
    Andrea Morris
    • Marilyn
    Peter Boretski
    Peter Boretski
    • Grandfather Dunald MacNeil
    Barrie Dunn
    • Mr. Campbell
    Norma Dell'Agnese
    Norma Dell'Agnese
    • Mrs. Campbell
    Glenn Wadman
    • Willy
    Elizabeth Richardson
    • Sister
    Ida Donovan
    • Sarah
    Gordon Joe
    • Hum Sing
    Wayne Reynolds
    • Fraser
    Murdoch MacDonald
    • Clerk
    Yow Wah Chee
    • Chinese cook
    Terence M. O'Keefe
    Terence M. O'Keefe
    • Miner
    • (as Terry O'Keefe)
    Liam Hussey
    • Peter
    • Director
      • Mort Ransen
    • Writers
      • Sheldon Currie
      • Gerald Wexler
      • Mort Ransen
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    • Quotes

      Angus MacNeil: I've been sober too long, Margaret; it's kept me from thinking straight.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition/When We Were Kings/Blood & Wine/Lost Highway/Margaret's Museum (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Chi Mi Na Marbheanna
      Performed by The Rankin Family

      Arranged by The Rankin Family

      Copyright The Rankin Family Inc.

      From the album The Rankin Family

      Copyright 1989 EMI Music Canada Inc.

    User reviews14

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    6/10
    Earnest but predictable
    I'm not sure anything new can be done with this type of story, but this movie doesn't really try. Director/co-writer Mort Ransen does try to make it somewhat fresh, I guess, by centering the story about a woman, and Helena Bonham Carter, as usual, is quite good in this role. I also liked Clive Russell, the humor he brought to the movie, and the chemistry he had with Carter. But as Carter's mother, Kate Nelligan (who I like) runs the gamut of expressions from A to B, and it just becomes too predictable.
    helpful•7
    3
    • SKG-2
    • Feb 25, 1999

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    • Release date
      • January 26, 1996 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Gaelic
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • El museo de Margaret
    • Filming locations
      • Dominion, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • British Screen Productions
      • Ciné Télé Action
      • Glace Bay Pictures
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $524,963
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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