Jimmy's Hall

Name: Jimmy's Hall
Genre: Drama, History
Released: July 3, 2015
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Aileen Henry, Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Martin Lucey, Mikel Murfi

2015

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: July 3, 2015 | PG-13

Starring: Aileen Henry, Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Martin Lucey, Mikel Murfi, Shane O'Brien, Simone Kirby, Sorcha Fox, Stella McGirl

Summary: In 1921 Jimmy Gralton’s sin was to build a dance hall on a rural crossroads in an Ireland on the brink of Civil War. The Pearse-Connolly Hall was a place where young people could come to learn, to argue, to dream, but above all, to dance and have fun. As the hall grew in popularity its socialist and free-spirited reputation brought it toIn 1921 Jimmy Gralton’s sin was to build a dance hall on a rural crossroads in an Ireland on the brink of Civil War. The Pearse-Connolly Hall was a place where young people could come to learn, to argue, to dream, but above all, to dance and have fun. As the hall grew in popularity its socialist and free-spirited reputation brought it to the attention of the church and politicians who forced Jimmy to flee and the hall to close. A decade later, at the height of the Depression, Jimmy returns to Co. Leitrim from the US to look after his mother and vows to live the quiet life. The hall stands abandoned and empty, and despite the pleas of the local youngsters, remains shut. However as Jimmy reintegrates into the community and sees the poverty, and growing cultural oppression, the leader and activist within him is stirred. He makes the decision to reopen the hall in the face of what they may bring. [Sony Pictures Classics]… Expand

Director: Ken Loach

Genre(s): Drama, History

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 109 min

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Steven Rea

Jul 17, 2015

There's humanity here, on all sides, and a gentle wisdom beneath the raging rhetoric. Read full review

Time Out London Dave Calhoun

May 30, 2014

Politics and entertainment are never an easy mix, and Jimmy’s Hall is a familiar, slightly unsurprising coming together of the two from Loach and his writer Paul Laverty. Sometimes you can see the joins, but there’s also great warmth, charm and humour among the ideas, and the sense of time and place is especially strong. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 28, 2015

An eye-opening period piece that takes us back to the dark days of the Irish Police State. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Jun 30, 2015

As lovely as Jimmy’s Hall is, Paul Laverty’s script is not so much talky as speech-y. Some conversations play like bullet points about Irish politics and the iron grip of the Catholic Church. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jul 2, 2015

A story that might have been alive with messy complexity is instead genial and polite. Read full review

Tom Russo

Jul 16, 2015

The film is slow going with its mix of stilted political discourse and restless village folk just looking to celebrate life and dance. At times, it’s like “Footloose” gone didactic. Read full review

John Bleasdale

May 25, 2014

The characters of Jimmy's Hall aren't really characters as much as archetypes: the saintly mother, the sweetheart, the hero, the villain. This is the kind of film where people don't argue - they debate - speaking in lines from manifestos and creating an incongruity. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 25, 2021

I enjoyed the scenes of traditional Irish dance and the feel of community with the numerous locals getting together to make use of said hall. Of course there is a darker side to the story and it'd be fair to say its main theme is intolerance. There are scenes of violence depicted and I was aI enjoyed the scenes of traditional Irish dance and the feel of community with the numerous locals getting together to make use of said hall. Of course there is a darker side to the story and it'd be fair to say its main theme is intolerance. There are scenes of violence depicted and I was a little squeamish on ocassion, thats not to say there's especially graphic, gorey scenes present (although some bloody injury is depicted in passing) but its more a case of what things represent, the metaphors at play, the social commentary aspect that I found sobering. Its worth a watch.… Expand