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Downbeat, ultimately tragic, but there's a wondrous, sad beauty here.
Read the full reviewStephen Frears's stunning Liam, -- a vivid, intense evocation of another British time and place.
Read the full reviewIt is through the genius of Frears, screenwriter Jimmy McGovern and this talented cast that Liam lets no one off the hook, least of all the audience.
Read the full reviewThere is something about Stephen Frears' complex, heartbreaking, beautifully made Liam that seems to speak eloquently, painfully to the dilemmas we are facing today, to the terrible price dark times can extort from us all.
Read the full reviewSome will find Dad's last big act in the movie too melodramatic. I think it follows from a certain logic, and leads to the very last shot, which is heartbreaking in its tenderness.
Read the full reviewThis depiction of the trials and tribulations of a working-class Catholic family during the Depression is a far more intimate viewing experience than the similarly themed "Angela's Ashes."
Read the full reviewWalks the delicate boundary between politically inflected realism and costumed sentimentality.
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The Metascore® designation for this movie is 74
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REAL DONE TO EARTH STORY ABOUT THE 30'S
"REALGOOD GOOD ACTING AND STORY"
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