Stella Days

Name: Stella Days
Genre: Drama
Released: June 22, 2012
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Marcella Plunkett, Martin Sheen, Stephen Rea, Trystan Gravelle

2012

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Tribeca Film | Release Date: June 22, 2012 | Not Rated

Starring: Marcella Plunkett, Martin Sheen, Stephen Rea, Trystan Gravelle

Summary: A small town cinema in rural Ireland in the 1950s becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle between Rome and Hollywood, and a man and his conscience. Martin Sheen stars as Father Daniel Berry in a story about the excitement of the unknown versus the security of the familiar, as those in the town find themselves on the cusp of the modernA small town cinema in rural Ireland in the 1950s becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle between Rome and Hollywood, and a man and his conscience. Martin Sheen stars as Father Daniel Berry in a story about the excitement of the unknown versus the security of the familiar, as those in the town find themselves on the cusp of the modern but still clinging to the traditions of church and a cultural identity forged in very different times. (Tribeca Films)… Expand

Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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John Anderson

Jun 21, 2012

Although Martin Sheen often goes full cherub in his depiction of the film's central Catholic priest, the pictue is also a frank assessment of a cleric's crisis of faith and the church's rather ruthless efforts to maintain medieval control in the face of modernization. Read full review

Eric Hynes

Jun 19, 2012

Thanks to its understated elegance and surpassing central performance, this modest, too-eagerly schematic period drama is more engrossing than it has a right to be. Read full review

David Rooney

Jun 19, 2012

Playing an emotionally burdened small-town Catholic priest in culturally isolated 1950s Ireland, Martin Sheen does his best work since "The West Wing" in Thaddeus O'Sullivan's Stella Days. Read full review

Noel Murray

Jun 20, 2012

Stella Days' strongest asset is Sheen. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jun 21, 2012

Relaxed performances and pillow-soft photography compensate somewhat for the story's narrow ambitions, but they're not enough to invigorate a movie that clearly would rather charm than challenge. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Jun 22, 2012

Sheen's throwback portrayal is appealing enough, but flat characters, dull revelations and uninvolving complications make this deliberately small film feel nearly microscopic. Read full review

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