A heartfelt love letter to circles of friends everywhere.
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Circle of Friends (1995)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:26
Rotten:8
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
Everyone likes a story about the 'ugly duckling' snaring the handsome prince. We all identify with impossible hopes, and this movie satisfies fairy tale longings.
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The movie, a self-consciously simple exercise in familiarity, sometimes lapses into complacency.
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There is much to enjoy here, not least of which is Driver's wonderful performance.
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Excellent acting by all the players and the film's unique change of setting make Circle of Friends a worthwhile picture, but it suffers from a painfully slow pace and no real originality in its message.
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Driver is impulsively sweet, touching and hilarious as she copes with her new, romantic life.
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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.
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Top CriticA lot of films, especially love stories, seek a level of comfort through predictability, but this one goes too far.
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Top CriticThe big question, will they get together, is resolved too soon in this film, leaving the final half meandering through the Irish countryside.
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Young 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.
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Top CriticHeartwarming and poignant, a love story that glows with intelligence and feeling.
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Top CriticMostly a warm, charming and insightful little romance.
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Like 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.
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Top CriticThe writer (Andrew Davies) took no risks, and the result is a completely predictable plot.
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