Ironweed

Roger Ebert

Actors are said to like to play drunks, because it gives them an excuse for overacting. But there is not much visible acting in this movie; the actors are too good for that. ( Read More )

Variety Staff

Unrelentingly bleak, Ironweed is a film without an audience and no reason for being except its own self importance. ( Read More )

Good performances, but If youre looking for an uplifting tale of hope against despair, look elsewhere. ( Read More )

Hal Hinson

Comes about as close to being an unmitigated waste of talent as any movie in recent memory. ( Read More )

Sheila Benson

Nicholsons performance doesnt whimper for our approval, and it carries some of the intensely ironic Irish humor that runs in a vein through the book. ( Read More )