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A small town cinema in rural Ireland becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle between faith and passion, Rome and Hollywood and a man and his conscience.
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| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisRelaxed performances and pillow-soft photography compensate somewhat for the story's narrow ambitions, but they're not enough to invigorate a movie that clearly would rather charm than challenge. |
| Village VoiceEric HynesThanks to its understated elegance and surpassing central performance, this modest, too-eagerly schematic period drama is more engrossing than it has a right to be. |
| VarietyJohn AndersonAlthough Martin Sheen often goes full cherub in his depiction of the film's central Catholic priest, the pictue is also a frank assessment of a cleric's crisis of faith and the church's rather ruthless efforts to maintain medieval control in the face of modernization. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyPlaying an emotionally burdened small-town Catholic priest in culturally isolated 1950s Ireland, Martin Sheen does his best work since "The West Wing" in Thaddeus O'Sullivan's Stella Days. |
| tonymacklin.netTony MacklinMartin Sheen gives a lilting performance as dogged Father Barry. Sheen continues his professional and personal journey. The ending may not be as firm as one might want, but Stella Days is a further step in Martin Sheen's spiritual journey. |
| Times-PicayuneMike ScottWorking from a script as uneven as his accent, Sheen turns in an otherwise strong performance, but the sanitized Stella Days generates no real spark. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonSheen powerfully conveys his character's crisis of faith and the lightweight film captures its bleak setting and quirky townsfolk. |
| New York PostKyle SmithSheen's throwback portrayal is appealing enough, but flat characters, dull revelations and uninvolving complications make this deliberately small film feel nearly microscopic. |
| User ReviewLee MSheen is outstanding, as always & the rest of the cast do a great job. Sure, it's a bit slow but then what would you expect. The characters are developed beautifully & that's really what this is all about. Well worth a watch |
| User ReviewHeide GNice movie.. A small town cinema in rural Ireland in the 1950s becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle between Rome and Hollywood, and a man and his conscience. Martin Sheen stars as Father Daniel Berry in a story about the excitement of the unknown versus the security of the familiar, as those in the town find themselves on the cusp of the modern but still clinging to the traditions of church and a cultural identity forged in very different times. -- (C) Tribeca Film (****ON NETFLIX****) |