Small Things Like These

Name: Small Things Like These
Genre: Drama, History
Released: November 8, 2024
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Abby Fitz, Amy De Bhrún, Ciarán Hinds, Cillian Murphy, Clare Dunne

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Lionsgate | Release Date: November 8, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Abby Fitz, Amy De Bhrún, Ciarán Hinds, Cillian Murphy, Clare Dunne, Eileen Walsh, Emily Watson, Ian O'Reilly, Joanne Crawford, Michelle Fairley

Summary: It is 1985 in the run-up to Christmas in a small town in County Wexford, Ireland. Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) toils as a coal merchant to support himself, his wife and his five daughters. Early one morning while out delivering coal at the local convent, he makes a discovery that forces him to confront his past and the complicit silence ofIt is 1985 in the run-up to Christmas in a small town in County Wexford, Ireland. Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) toils as a coal merchant to support himself, his wife and his five daughters. Early one morning while out delivering coal at the local convent, he makes a discovery that forces him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a town controlled by the Catholic Church. Based on the novel by Claire Keegan.… Expand

Director: Tim Mielants

Genre(s): Drama, History

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Nov 8, 2024

Keegan's writing is spare and controlled: she gets a lot done in 116 pages, and Walsh's adaptation captures the suggested interiority of the story. Read full review

IndieWire Rachel Pronger

Feb 15, 2024

Part of the power of Small Things Like These lies in its Trojan horse nature. This is a political allegory disguised as a character study, a reflection on national guilt and moral complicity, wrapped inside the experiences of one man, in one small town, standing in for the whole of Ireland, and possibly the world. Read full review

Nadira Begum

Oct 25, 2024

Through this adaptation, Mielants mourns the lives lost to these institutions while simultaneously providing a timely reminder of the danger of passive complicity. Read full review

Stephen A. Russell

Feb 15, 2024

It’s a profound performance by Murphy – perhaps even more so in fewer words than Oppenheimer – as Bill’s anger burns with tragic urgency. Read full review

Tara Brady

Oct 31, 2024

In delicate movements, the miserabilism of Small Things Like These coalesces into a wonderfully understated seasonal catharsis. Read full review

NME Lou Thomas

Feb 16, 2024

Its rich tone of regret, guilt and unspoken malice comes across in careful direction from Tim Mielants, Frank van den Eeden’s shadowy cinematography and subtle, measured performances across the board. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Nov 5, 2024

You’d have to be passionately interested in the details of an Irish small town not to find “Small Things Like These” something of a slog. Read full review

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