When it's working, it's a humorous, gorgeous and heartfelt tribute to family and to the wonders and dangers of Manhattan. When it's not, it's merely a lot of Gaelic-flavored histrionics.
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12/02/03
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In America (2003)
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Reviews Counted:170
Fresh:151
Rotten:19
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: A rich and moving story about an immigrant family adjusting to life in New York.
Theatrical Release:Nov 26, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $15,323,959
Synopsis: From master storyteller Jim Sheridan ("My Left Foot," "In The Name of the Father") comes a deeply personal and emotionally raw tale of a family finding its soul IN AMERICA. Through the wide-open... [More]
Starring: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou, Sarah Bolger
Director: Jim Sheridan
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12/02/03
...a winning immigrant story that is rich and eloquently realized. It’s always an advantage when you can tap into your own experiences and express them so beautifully
12/02/03
After watching everything they go through in the movie, I was reduced to a blubbering mass.
12/02/03
Might not entirely transcend its roots, but it's entrancing enough that you're not likely to notice them overmuch, or be irritated when you do...a very sweet, hopeful tale.
12/01/03
A sentimental tear-jerker that failed to make me cry.
12/01/03
...truly one of the richest movie experiences this year.
12/01/03
This is worth going to the arthouse to see.
11/30/03
The three miracles that occur over the course of Jim Sheridan's In America pale next to the miracle of the movie itself.
11/29/03
Not everything is possible in Sheridan's America. But with this cast, In America, everything is beautiful.
11/29/03
Although the film's episodic structure sometimes relies too much on contrivance to propel the narrative, In America's charms ultimately outnumber its flaws.
11/28/03
In America is the most touching film of the year - for those of us that still appreciate a good old fashioned personal tale.
11/28/03
Comes across less as childlike and more as a parade of saccharine cliches.
11/27/03
A big little movie, a fictionalized memoir that transcends the personal to become universal -- its grubby verve touched with a sense of wonder and magic, its mundane actions given an all-too-rare spiritual resonance.
11/26/03
Top CriticIt is kept watchable and empathetic by the energy of the superb performances and the sense of complete freshness.
11/26/03
Top CriticToo sweet to ever worry us that things might not pull together in the end, and yet too odd to be overly lulling, In America keeps itself just on the far side of familiar.
11/26/03
Top CriticThere's no questioning the director's ability to wring moving moments from potentially sentimental and decidedly familiar material: the story of penniless immigrants trying to make it in Manhattan. It got to me.
11/26/03
The movie stumbles.
11/26/03
Top CriticIt's a wistful yet penetrating film, shot through with magic realism and life-affirming humor, that gets you deep down where you live.
11/26/03
The casting of real-life sisters Sarah and Emma Bolger is the stroke that gives In America its buoyancy.
11/26/03
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Young actors Freddie Highmore ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") and Sarah Bolger ("In America") have signed to star in Paramount's big-screen rendition... More...
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