The read
A Balasaur Score of 73 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%, Metacritic 75/100. Scores higher than 78% of the 1,899 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Metacritic75/100
318 audience votes
Key crew
- Jim SheridanDirector
- Jim SheridanWriter
- Terry GeorgeWriter
- Maurice SeezerOriginal Music Composer
- Gavin FridayOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Daniel Day-LewisDanny Flynn
- Emily WatsonMaggie Hamill
- Brian CoxJoe Hamill
- Ken StottIke Weir
- Gerard McSorleyHarry
- David HaymanJoe Hamill's Aide
- Kenneth CranhamMatt MaGuire
- Lorraine PilkingtonBride
- Niall ShanahanGroom
- John WallPriest
- Maria McDermottroeBetty
- Eleanor MethvenPatsy
Stills
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