Watch In America (2003) Free Online

Release Date: 2003

Cast: Nye Heron, Ciaran Cronin, Paddy Considine, Neal Jones, Emma Bolger, Randall Carlton, Sarah Bolger, Djimon Hounsou, Samantha Morton, Juan Carlos Hernández

Categories: Movies, Romance Film, World Cinema, Period Piece, Indie, Comedy-Drama, Drama Film, Childhood Drama, Family Drama

In America is a 2003 drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Sheridan and his daughters Naomi and Kirsten focuses on an immigrant Irish family's efforts to survive in New York City, as seen through the eyes of the elder daughter. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay for Sheridan, Best Actress for Samantha Morton and Best Supporting Actor for Djimon Hounsou. Johnny (Paddy Considine) and Sarah Sullivan (Samantha Morton) and their daughters Christy (Sarah Bolger) and Ariel (Emma Bolger) enter the United States... MORE

In America is a 2003 drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Sheridan and his daughters Naomi and Kirsten focuses on an immigrant Irish family's efforts to survive in New York City, as seen through the eyes of the elder daughter. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay for Sheridan, Best Actress for Samantha Morton and Best Supporting Actor for Djimon Hounsou. Johnny (Paddy Considine) and Sarah Sullivan (Samantha Morton) and their daughters Christy (Sarah Bolger) and Ariel (Emma Bolger) enter the United States on a tourist visa via Canada, where Johnny was working as an actor. The family settles in a rundown Hell's Kitchen tenement occupied by drug addicts, transvestites, and a reclusive Nigerian artist/photographer named Mateo Kuamey (Djimon Hounsou). Hanging over the family is the death of their young son Frankie (Ciarán Cronin), who died from a brain tumor. The once-devout Roman Catholic Johnny has renounced God and lost any ability to feel true emotions, which has affected his relationship with his family. Christy believes she has been granted three wishes by her dead brother, which she only uses at LESS