Based on the best-selling autobiography by Irish expatriate Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employmen... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on the best-selling autobiography by Irish expatriate Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the I.R.A., and when he does find money, he spends it on drink.
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| CinerinaKarina MontgomeryI am pleased to announce that this film is a fine, a beautiful presentation of a painful story. |
| Salon.comStephanie ZacharekThe story of Frank McCourt's triumph makes it to the screen intact. It's the lyricism, the heartbeat, that seem to be missing. |
| Jam! MoviesBruce KirklandThere is something so compelling, so forceful and even so humourous about McCourt's life journey that the film lifts us out of the Limerick gloom it depicts. |
| New York PostJonathan ForemanTrue to the book's squalor but also finding honest humor where it can. |
| TNT RoughCutChristopher BrandonThe question is not whether the movie exactly duplicates the experience of the book, but whether the movie stands on its own. Angela's Ashes clearly does. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaSometimes humorous and wholly inspiring tale. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesI enjoyed the relentless gloomy realism, the refusal to put a happy face on McCourt's miserable childhood. |
| CinemaSense.ComCornell & PetricelliThe story lacks focused character conflict that would make it a truly fine cinematic experience. |
| Miami HeraldCurtis MorganThe author calls the movie "perfect" - reassurance that the director hasn't tried to pull any fast ones. |
| San Francisco ExaminerWalter V. AddiegoAngela's Ashes isn't a movie for cinema buffs, but for the many fans of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. |
