Movie

Angela's Ashes

1999 · 145 min

A grey, rain-soaked trudge through childhood poverty that aches with sadness yet holds a stubborn flicker of hope.

Tagline: The hopes of a mother. The dreams of a father. The fate of a child.
Overview: An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Politics, class, family, survival
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
class
family
survival
addiction
Places: small town
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild