Circle Of Friends (Special Edition)

Advantages: great acting and story
Disadvantages: Collin firths moustache

Circle of Friends, 1995, Rating 12, Run Time: 98 minutes Circle of Friends, is another great girlie movie, a genre that I am very familiar with if you have read any of my other film reviews. It is based on the novel by Maeve Binchy. The Story: Set in Ireland in the 50’s we are introduced to three young girls Benny, Eve and Nan on the day of their communion, they are full of the innocence of youth and the best of friends. Benny is a thick set child ...
...but proud parents. Eve is an orphan child being brought up by local nuns in the convent, her parents had a tragic death and when Eve turns 18 she is set to inherent a her parents house and funds for her studies. Nan is a beautiful girl with a slight air of arrogance about her, after communism her parents move from the village. We are then taken to the girls first day at university; Benny is commuting by bus every day while Eve is set to stay in a ... Read review

Advantages: Aah its lovely
Disadvantages: Not as good as the book, obviously.

Set in 1950s Ireland, Circle of Friends is based on Maeve Binchy's coming-of-age story about a group of friends dealing with growing up in a strictly Catholic community. The film begins as Benny Hogan and Eve Malone venture into the big wide world of Dublin to start their university education having previously lived in the pretty backwater village of Knockglen. In Dublin they meet the beautiful and worldly Jack Foley and Nan Mahon who introduce ...
...is your classic love story - girl meets boy, girl and boy argue, girl and boy get back together. However, one pleasing aspect of the film is that the girl in question (Benny - played by Minnie Driver) is supposed to be particularly ordinary looking, whereas the boy (Jack - played by Chris O'Donnell) is very handsome. It gives us all a bit of hope, eh? I'd like to meet an Irish rugby-playing Chris O'Donnell myself. Its not all so straightforward, ... Read review

Advantages: good characters, enjoyable plot
Disadvantages: not the same as the book, can be too Irish

...necessarily corny romantic comedies. Circle of Friends starring Minnie Driver Colin Firth and Chris o Donnel is based on the best selling Maeve Binchy novel is certainly in this list of familiar films that I love. I picked the video up at a car boot sale or about a pound and turn to it with a packet of Prinfgles when the weather is horrible outside and there is nothing on the television. The film made in 1995 is a coming of age romantic drama set ...
...It realty is not a guys film. Duskman thought it was ok but I am sure he really did not get it. Al in all Circle of Fiends is a simple but involving romantic drama with characters you care about that makes your feel all warm and fuzzy inside. ... Read review

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This is based on the book ‘Circle of Friends’ by Maeve Binchy and, for once, I think that the film is actually better than the book. The story is set in Ireland and focuses on three friends, Benny (Minnie Driver), Eve and Nan who are just starting to go to university. The story shows how the three girls are affected by their Catholic upbringing as they find themselves in relationships at university. Chris O’Donnell plays Benny’s boyfriend, Jack. ...
...Nan gets involved with while Eve’s unbelievably patient and devoted boyfriend is played by Aidan Gillen (who is most famous for playing Stuart in the TV Series, ‘Queer as Folk’). The film is wonderful, despite some dodgy Irish accents, and I think that this is definitely a film worth watching. ... Read review

Advantages: authentic sets, good storyline, acting
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Set in 1950s based on Maeve Binchy's novel, Ireland Minnie Driver plays a young woman just starting at Trinity University in Dublin with her two best friends from school. It's here that she first claps eyes on Chris O'Donnell and she falls for him in a big way. It's a tale of going head first into adulthood, dealing with sexuality in the midst of strict catholic upbringings and the hurt & euphoria of first love. Parties, men, booze and struggling ...
...way. A cameo appearance by Colin Firth as the landed gentry who uses and abuses one of Driver's best friend is also always worth a look. Brilliant sets and very authentically done, it's a gentle winding story of love, lust and friendship and a coming of age. No swearing, sex or salivation in sight. ... Read review