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Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)

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Irish director Pat O'Connor helmed this adaptation of Brian Friel's 1990 play which won three Tony awards in addition to UK Olivier and Evening Standard awards. Friel's portrait of five Irish sisters takes place in 1936 on a Donegal farm. The unmarried Mundy sisters are barely surviving. Middle-aged schoolteacher Kate (Meryl Streep) is the eldest, overseeing pretty Christina (Catherine McCormack), lively Maggie (Kathy Burke, re-creating her Tony award-winning role), reliable Agnes (Brid

PG, 1 hr. 35 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Pat O'Connor

Written By: Frank McGuinness

In Theaters: Nov 13, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Jun 15, 1999

Sony Pictures Classics

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Cast

Meryl Streep
Kate Mundy
Michael Gambon
Father Jack Mundy
Catherine McCormack
Christina Mundy
Kathy Burke
Maggie Mundie
Sophie Thompson
Rose Mundy
Brid Brennan
Agnes Mundy
Rhys Ifans
Gerry Evans
Darrell Johnston
Michael Mundy
Lorcan Cranitch
Danny Bradley
Peter Gowen
Austin Morgan
Dawn Bradfield
Sophie McLoughlin
Marie Mullen
Vera McLoughlin
John Kavanagh
Father Carlin
Kate O'Toole
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Critic Reviews for Dancing at Lughnasa

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Soapy melodrama masquerading as high art.

January 12, 2007 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

so beautifully captures the details of its time and place and its characters' lives that it's difficult to resist being drawn in.

June 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette

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James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

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A strong cast and a a sweet story about sisters in a small Irish town.

September 5, 2011

Sunil Jawahir

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Where is the plot? Out of curiousity I would like to know if there was actually a plot. I saw some interesting and well-done characters, but I never saw them do much of anything, and nothing ever happened. I am thus led to the conclusion that these actors were paid to make characters and talk, but there was never a

June 18, 2010