After the disastrous defeat of Irish rebels by superior UK forces during the Easter Rising, Michael Collins develops new strategies for the independence of Ireland. His tactics include what is now recognized as urban guerrilla tactics and organized assassinations of those Irish who work as informers for the UK government, and later members of British intelligence. Although Collins is conflicted about the necessity of this violent course, by 1921 the British are willing to neg... (Full plot summary below)
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After the disastrous defeat of Irish rebels by superior UK forces during the Easter Rising, Michael Collins develops new strategies for the independence of Ireland. His tactics include what is now recognized as urban guerrilla tactics and organized assassinations of those Irish who work as informers for the UK government, and later members of British intelligence. Although Collins is conflicted about the necessity of this violent course, by 1921 the British are willing to negotiate. Sinn Fein President Eamon de Valera sends a reluctant Collins to London to negotiate a settlement. When Collins returns with a compromise of a partitioned Ireland and an Irish Free State, not a Republic, within the British Empire he is vilified by de Valera and repudiated by lifelong friend Harry Boland after Boland learns that his girlfriend Kitty Kiernan is in love with Collins. Collins is now faced with civil war as he struggles against those who insist on complete and unconditional independence for all of Ireland.
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| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergNeeson's a force of nature in Neil Jordan's near-excellent historical epic. |
| Boston PhoenixPeter KeoughThe bare facts survive in Jordan's version, but they neither resound nor add up. Instead he has made a listless fusion of Gandhi, Lawrence of Arabia, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. |
| Film ScoutsLeslie RigoulotLiam Neeson as Collins gives an Oscar-caliber performance as well this Belfast-born man might. |
| The A.V. ClubJohn KrewsonLiam Neeson's performance as Collins is at once stirring and blood-curdling, as befits the role of a man who murdered for a cause he believed was just, but was willing to stop when he believed his objective was reached. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliPutting aside all the controversy, however, viewers are left with an expertly-directed and well-acted historical epic that disappoints only in its shallow perspective of the Irish/British and Irish/Irish conflicts. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThis is an extremely cinematic, beautifully made David Lean-type epic, helped by fluid and involving camera work by two-time Oscar-winning ("The Killing Fields," "The Mission") cinematographer Chris Menges. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickLiam Neeson was the only man Jordan ever wanted to play this role, and for good reason. |
| Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)Judith EgertonA way to relate pivotal events to an audience who probably knows little about the Irish republic's creation. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyBe sure to watch "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" if you watch "Michael Collins" |
| Times (UK)Kevin Maher[Neeson] is superb as the principled, steely yet romantic action hero of Neil Jordan's film, which has been re-released for the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1916. |
