The read
A Balasaur Score of 65 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 52%, Metacritic 54/100. Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes52%
Metacritic54/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
362 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan ParkerDirector
- Laura JonesScreenplay
- John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Alan ParkerScreenplay
Cast
- Emily WatsonAngela McCourt
- Robert CarlyleMalachy McCourt
- Joe BreenYoung Frank
- Michael LeggeOlder Frank
- Ciarán OwensMiddle Frank
- Ronnie MastersonGrandma Sheehan
- Pauline McLynnAunt Aggie
- Liam CarneyUncle Pa Keating
- Eanna MacLiamUncle Pat
- Shane Murray-CorcoranYoung Malachy
- Devon MurrayMiddle Malachy
- Peter HalpinOlder Malachy
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Themes
emigrationirish-americanhungersocially deprived familyrainfaminealcoholismpovertybased on memoir or autobiographyirelandbrooklyn, new york cityalcoholic father