Dancing at Lughnasa

Its a tale of loneliness and repression that is itself dismally repressed sodden and static, strung together out of limp anecdotes, too enervated (or just plain wimpy) to depict the rage that bubbles up out of a lifetimes excess of dainty civility. ( Read More )

Barbara Shulgasser

Sterling performances by Meryl Streep, Catherine McCormack, Michael Gambon, and Kathy Burke may not outweigh the unrelenting grimness and predictability. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

It is all memory and no drama. Onstage, they dance, and they are dancing now. On film, somehow, they are dancing then. It is not enough. ( Read More )

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

A meditative film that lyrically affirms the small acts of love, courage, and kindness that knit a family together in the face of hardship and change. ( Read More )

Ed Kelleher

A deftly structured memory piece as beautifully sad as it is charming. ( Read More )