A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of... more
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Production Year: 2002 - Drama - Director: Christopher Misiano, Alex Graves, Vincent Misiano, Paris Barclay, Thomas Schlamme - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over
Actor(s): Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Brid Brennan, Sophie Thompson, Rhys Ifans, Lorcan Cranitch
Director(s): Pat O'Connor
Genre: Drama - Period
Classification: Parental Guidance
Production Year: 1998
Consumer Advice: Infrequent mild bad language
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: The life and times of the Mundy family, who live in Donegal in the 1930s. Their close-knit existence is threatened by the arrival of Welshman Garry Evans who is travelling to Spain to fight for Franco.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): 4DVD; SPIRIT ENTERTAINMENT LTD; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Languages
Main Language: English
DVD Description
A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men - the boy's long-lost father, who is off to Spain to fight the war against Franco, and an elderly uncle who has "come home to die" after a lifetime in America. Although life goes on as before for the boy and five sisters, something will happen that will destroy their peaceful existence as they once knew it.
Technical information
Sound: Dolby Digital
Professional reviews
Review: Poignant and tear-jerking (Daily Mail, 04/08/2008)
Advantages: Good comedy, unpredictable plot twists, not a dull moment Disadvantages: None
...house is a slight mess, for which his roommate Spike (Rhys Ifans) is responsible. Evans, who appeared in "Dancing in Lughnasa" can be seen again in the 2000 "The Replacements", starring Keanu Reeves. There he plays a Welsh ex-football player who parties and smokes even as he's back in "the game". In "Notting Hill", Ifans is the untidy roommate, who is just a bit odd, to say the least. He would annoy anyone, but William treats him very well despite his obvious shortcomings. "Notting Hill" is a charming and quite hilarious romantic comedy. The twists and turns of the plot aren't predictable and there isn't a dull moment. There is one (improvised) scene where Anna tells William about body doubles in film and that there is such a thing as a "bottom double". William says something to the extend: "what a job, being Mel Gibson's bottom". Grant...
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...Dirty dancing is based around a rich family who go to a dancing-type holiday camp for the summer. Their daughter baby (Jennifer Gray), (thats her name) is hopeless. The dance instructer, Johnny (Patrick Swayze) a bit of a dish and so when he needs help to perform a dance, she jumps at the chance to help him. She falls in love and things get...........well rather dirty (!) Rent it out on video coz i guarentee it'll get u yearning to take dance lessons with Patrick Swayze. (well it did me anyway)...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful
...Well a clasic romance movie. Allways will enjoy to see it. It's a nice story about a "girl" and a "boy" who meet eachother in an vacation. The common part it's dance... dirty dance :). She will learn fro him to dance. Will compete in a dance contest. Will win ? ehhh I guess al of you know how is the finish. If no you don't watch it... if you know still watch it (again). It deserves. The performance is great. Patrick Shwaitz plays great here. The romance is very nice. Of course will be some complications with ex-girlfriend( dance partener) of Shwitzy.:) The soundtrack is very memorable! Enjoy... and love!...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful
somewhat helpful 11.07.2000
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