Ash Wednesday (1973)
Average Rating: 3.4/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 6
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Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 3
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A relationship between two brothers literally becomes a matter of life and death in this drama from writer, director and actor Edward Burns. Francis Sullivan (Burns) was a street-wise thug with ties to the Irish mob until his younger brother Sean (Elijah Wood) was killed on Ash Wednesday in 1980 while trying to protect Francis from gangsters who were out to kill him. Three years later, Francis is a law-abiding man who is trying to stay on the straight and narrow and keep his eye on Grace
Nov 1, 1973 Wide
Jun 10, 1991
LionsGate Entertainment
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Cast
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Edward Burns
Francis Sullivan -
Elijah Wood
Sean Sullivan -
Rosario Dawson
Grace Quinonez -
Oliver Platt
Moran -
Pat McNamara
Murph -
James Handy
Father Mahoney -
Michael Mulheren
Detective Pulaski -
Malachy McCourt
Whitey -
Julie Hale
Maggie Shea -
Elizabeth Taylor
Barbara Sawyer -
Henry Fonda
Mark Sawyer -
Helmut Berger
Erich -
Keith Baxter
David -
Maurice Teynac
Dr. Lambert -
Margaret Blye
Kate Sawyer -
Andre Eszterhazy
Comte D'Arnoud -
Dino Mele
Mario -
Jill Pratt
Simone -
Carlo Purl
Paolo -
Dina Sassoli
Nurse Lisa -
Henning Schlüter
Bridge Player -
Kathy Van Lypps
Mandy -
Monique van Vooren
German Woman -
Ilina Wassilchikoff
Silvana Del Campo -
Jose De Vega
Tony Gutierrez -
Rodolfo Lodi
Prince Von Essen
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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (6)
Taylor, fashionably gowned and bejewelled carries the film almost single-handedly. Fonda is excellent in his climatic appearance, an usually superb casting idea.
In what is little more than a homage to Taylor's face, the film spends a good deal of time looking at her reflection in the mirror and endorsing her Martini ad lifestyle up to the hilt.
Top CriticThis is not a male chauvinist's conception of a woman, but her hairdresser's, full of envy, awe and superficial compassion.
The whole movie, indeed, feels longer than it is. It's 15 minutes short of two hours, and still it takes forever to be over.
Another in the long string of mediocre films by Taylor.
A dreadful bit of mid-70s soap opera.
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