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4/29/19881h 42m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ It's never too late to open your heart. ~

Overview:

A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father. While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories both pleasant and not.

Director:

Matt Clark

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

Cast

Barnard Hughes

~ as ~

Martin Sheen

~ as ~

Charlie

William Hickey

~ as ~

Drumm

Doreen Hepburn

~ as ~

Mother

Karl Hayden

~ as ~

Young Charlie

Hugh O'Conor

~ as ~

Boy Charlie

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Reviews (1)

S
SPDonlan
Written 11 month(s) ago
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'It was a long time before I realuzed that love turned upside down is love for all that.'

Adapted by Leonard from his memory play, tapping into his own accomplished memoirs, the film covers a childhood and early career before and after Ireland’s ‘Emergency’. The script’s strong, a nuanced look at an adolescent’s and expat’s shifting feelings about home and the past. Its conceits translate well, too: Charlie faces both his late father and his younger self, disappointed by his past, present, and future. The characters and cast are grand, especially Hughes (who won a Tony for the stage role). The weakest links are the prodigal/producer Sheen and a dodgy timeline. Watch the film. But read the play.