Jimmy's Hall
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: July 3, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
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14
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottSep 3, 2015
It's a comfortable and tidily assembled story of human perseverance in the face of adversity. Which is yet another thing about which the Irish know a thing or two. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenJul 2, 2015
A story that might have been alive with messy complexity is instead genial and polite. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJul 2, 2015
The screenplay is vague not only about politics but also about the history of Jimmy’s unconsummated relationship with his former sweetheart, Oonagh (Simone Kirby), now married, whose wide Susan Sarandon eyes express a wistful sadness. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJul 3, 2015
Jimmy’s Hall is one of [Loach's] clunkers: Footloose set in 1930s Ireland, basically, with jazz in lieu of Kenny Loggins. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoJul 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
50
The DissolveVadim RizovJul 2, 2015
If this is, as he claims, indeed his last film (or at least last big narrative feature), he’s retiring with the courage of his convictions intact. If only he was expressing them more vigorously. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungMay 25, 2014
For the first time his ongoing collaboration with scriptwriter Paul Laverty, Loach's studiously safe-hands approach -- typified by regular collaborator George Fenton's near-incessant score -- can't counterbalance fundamental screenplay flaws. Read full review
50
The PlaylistJessica KiangMay 25, 2014
It’s a twee and tweedy period “Footloose,” into which Loach’s trademark left wing sympathies are not so much woven as photocopied and stapled onto alternate pages of the script. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMay 25, 2014
This is exasperatingly thin stuff from Loach and Laverty, who have in the past built far more textured narratives, peopled by far richer characters, even while maintaining the fierce, politicised charge they aim for here. Read full review
40
CineVueJohn BleasdaleMay 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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