Three female friends grow up in a small town in Ireland in the mid-50s and attend college in Dublin in this nostalgic soap opera that's vaguely evocative of Peyton Place, though generally less memorable.
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03/11/08
Circle of Friends (1995)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:7
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Three college friends in Dublin come of age when they discover romances that will change their lives forever. The tale centers on Benny, a bland and somewhat chunky innocent girl who falls... [More]
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Minnie Driver, Colin Firth, Geraldine O'Rawe
Director: Pat O'Connor
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Reviews for Circle of Friends
1 - 10 (sorted by date)
Top CriticOld-fashioned and nostalgic, Pat O'Connor's nicely directed tale of friendship between three Irish girls features a strong central performance from Minnie Driver that promises a bright future in Hollywood pictures.
04/27/07
Top CriticBeyond eliciting warm, animated performances from his actors (with a cast that also includes Alan Cumming as a hair-raising suitor of Benny's), Mr. O'Connor gives Circle of Friends an enveloping look and sound.
05/20/03
Top CriticDriver's tough core of honesty and wit is bewitching. So's the movie.
05/12/01
Top CriticDriver is impulsively sweet, touching and hilarious as she copes with her new, romantic life.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's not a challenging movie or an original one, but it does have its pleasures -- most notably a radiant, soulful debut performance from Driver.
01/01/00
Top CriticA lot of films, especially love stories, seek a level of comfort through predictability, but this one goes too far.
01/01/00
Top CriticYoung Benny has a nice smile, and she and Jack seem like pleasant people, but in the end (and in the beginning and in the middle) it's hard to get worked up about them.
01/01/00
Top CriticHeartwarming and poignant, a love story that glows with intelligence and feeling.
01/01/00
Top CriticLike an old-fashioned theater program, it tells you early on who and what each of its characters is -- and so they prove to be, enjoyably.
01/01/00
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