A Love Divided
Cinema Guild | Release Date: June 1, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Stunningly acted by Liam Cunningham and Orla Brady as the Cloneys. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
Will leave you taking sides, whether or not that was the film's intent. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
If it weren't based on a true story, you might suspect Sydney McCartney's A Love Divided was created by a panel of militant Irish Protestants. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
An Irish drama that's a lot more sly and a lot less straightforward than it appears on the surface. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeLoren King
Solid, balanced period piece that focuses on a specific place and time yet resonates with universal themes.
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Although the film is well acted from top to bottom, its dramatic spark plug is Mr. Doyle's terrifying portrayal of Father Stafford. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
While the film's exploration of Irish religious intolerance takes it to many familiar areas, the specifics are unfamiliar and fine performances -- especially those of leads Cunningham and Brady. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
It's like a PBS version of a movie of the week about child abduction, complete with histrionic, spit-flecked speechifying in quaint Irish brogues. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJessica Winter
Brady and Cunningham share a volatile, symbiotic chemistry, sketching in elegant shorthand the rhythms of a lusty, combative marriage. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyPaul Malcolm
In the end, Macartney and screenwriter Stuart Hepburn decide that love conquers all, which may have been the way it happened but doesn't leave the film with much going on. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Has precious little to add to the canon -- and does so in a highly melodramatic manner. Read full review
30
New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. Thompson
What saves the film from utter forgettability are the strong supporting performances, especially from Peter Caffrey as the town atheist, and Tony Doyle. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
The actors do a fine, if unsoulful, job, but the real problem with A Love Divided is its unwillingness to unromanticize its heroes. Read full review
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