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Release Date: 1999

Cast: Liam Carney, Joe Breen, Sean Carney Daly, Robert Carlyle, Andrew Bennett, Peter Halpin, Ronnie Masterson, Emily Watson, Aaron Geraghty, Eanna MacLiam, Shane Murray-Corcoran, Devon Murray ...MORE

Cast: Liam Carney, Joe Breen, Sean Carney Daly, Robert Carlyle, Andrew Bennett, Peter Halpin, Ronnie Masterson, Emily Watson, Aaron Geraghty, Eanna MacLiam, Shane Murray-Corcoran, Devon Murray, Michael Legge, Pauline McLynn, Ciaran Owens ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Biography, Family Drama, Film Adaptation, Coming Of Age, Period Piece

Angela's Ashes is a 1999 Irish-American drama film based on the memoir of the same title by Frank McCourt. It was directed by Alan Parker and starred Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge (the latter three playing the Young, Middle and Older Frank McCourt respectively). Angela's Ashes tells the story of Frank McCourt and his childhood after his family are forced to move from America back to Ireland because of financial difficulties and family problems derived from his father's alcoholism. The film chronicles young McCourt's life in Limerick, Ireland,... MORE

Angela's Ashes is a 1999 Irish-American drama film based on the memoir of the same title by Frank McCourt. It was directed by Alan Parker and starred Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge (the latter three playing the Young, Middle and Older Frank McCourt respectively). Angela's Ashes tells the story of Frank McCourt and his childhood after his family are forced to move from America back to Ireland because of financial difficulties and family problems derived from his father's alcoholism. The film chronicles young McCourt's life in Limerick, Ireland, during his childhood in the 1930s and '40s, the difficulties that ensued, and finally Frank's way of earning enough money to return to the land of his dreams: America. Michael Legge was praised for his portrayal of the adolescent Frank. In particular, he was said to acquiesce his role as an innocent teenager growing up with typical coming of age rites such as sexuality, maturity and peer pressure in a Catholic Irish setting. Angela's Ashes currently holds a 52% 'rotten' rating and the consensus "In spite of its attempts to accurately record Frank McCourt's memoirs, the onscreen adaptation fails to LESS