Angela's Ashes
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 22, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
12
Negative:
5
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30
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
Lacks development and dramatic coherence. Read full review
30
Film.comPeter Brunette
Never more than a dull, paint-by-numbers, overly literal transcription of the book. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
If misery were inherently interesting, this adaptation starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle as a couple plagued by alcoholism and child mortality might be too. Read full review
30
Washington PostRita Kempley
In the translation from page to film, the life seems to have gone out of the story Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The effect of the 2 1/2-hour film is deadening. Read full review
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