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A Love Divided (2001)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:10

Rotten:9

Average Rating:5.3/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jun 1, 2001 Limited

Synopsis: The personal and the political collide in Sidney Macartneys's A LOVE DIVIDED, a compelling cinematic rendering of a notorious sectarian conflict in small town Ireland of the 1950s. Transcending the... The personal and the political collide in Sidney Macartneys's A LOVE DIVIDED, a compelling cinematic rendering of a notorious sectarian conflict in small town Ireland of the 1950s. Transcending the decades-long, carefully tended barriers between Catholic and protestant, young lovers Sheila Kelly (Orla Brady) and Sean Cloney (Liam Cunningham) marry. Their hometown of Fethard-on-Sea is exquisitely rendered by Macartney, giving a moving portrait of the earthy reality of a small town and its residents bound by history, family, and religion. During their Catholic wedding (the couple marries thrice: Catholic, protestant, and civil) the protestant Sheila is made to sign an agreement promising to educate their children in Catholic schools. The idyll of their family farm and passionate devotion to each other is shattered, however, when Sheila suddenly decides to reject the edicts of the demanding Catholic parson, enrolling her daughter in the local protestant school. When Sheila eventually absconds with the children, Sean's strong reaction is pushed to extremes of hysteria and animosity by the town's Catholic community, which orders a protestant boycott. Becoming pawns of age-old animosities, the couple's dispute becomes a political crisis and a devastating allegory for the convoluted religious conflicts of Ireland. [More]

Starring: Liam Cunningham, Orla Brady, Tony Doyle, Nicole Bohan

Starring: Liam Cunningham, Orla Brady, Tony Doyle, Nicole Bohan, Sarah Bolger, Brian McGrath, Jim Norton, Ali White, Joe Gallagher, Doreen Keogh

Director: Sidney Macartney

Director: Sidney Macartney
Screenwriter: Stuart Hepburn, Dierdre Dowling, Gerry Gregg
Producer: Alan Moloney, Jim Palmer, Gerry Gregg
Composer: Fiachra Trench
Studio: Parallel Films

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03/10/03
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08/09/02
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
03/24/02
Boston Phoenix

A tug-at-your-heartstrings weepie from the sledgehammer school of filmmaking.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
12/14/01
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner

An Irish drama that's a lot more sly and a lot less straightforward than it appears on the surface.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
12/14/01
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Powerful indictment of the lengths human beings will go to to be right.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
11/30/01
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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The drama feels artificially pumped-up.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
10/12/01
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

It's like a PBS version of a movie of the week about child abduction, complete with histrionic, spit-flecked speechifying in quaint Irish brogues.

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09/21/01
Michael O'Sullivan
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Washington Post
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A cautionary tale of the mischief that can happen when men no longer see their neighbors as human.

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09/21/01
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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The gripping A Love Divided will leave you taking sides, whether or not that was the film's intent.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
09/07/01
Marta Barber
Marta Barber
Miami Herald

Overplays its hand, with far too much melodramatic shouting from leads Liam Cunningham and Orla Brady.

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08/23/01
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

A solid, balanced period piece that focuses on a specific place and time yet resonates with universal themes.

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06/22/01
Jay Carr
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Boston Globe
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Sydney Macartney, whose previous directing experience had been mostly in television, deals freshly with situations that also could have been cliches.

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06/21/01
Stanley Kauffmann
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New Republic
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Both overly familiar in its themes and uncomfortably close to melodrama.

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06/06/01
Frank Scheck
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Hollywood Reporter
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Personal views aside, this small, well-crafted Irish production achieves importance by saying what it intends to say with both strength and conviction.

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06/01/01
Shirley Sealy
Shirley Sealy
Film Journal International

Fine performances ... help keep it from seeming excessively schematic.

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06/01/01
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A disquieting study of how irresponsible demagoguery can ignite an ideological wildfire that consumes an entire community.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
06/01/01
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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It fails to arouse much more than deep annoyance.

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06/01/01
Bridget Byrne
Bridget Byrne
Boxoffice Magazine

Impeded by overemphatic camerawork and a meandering POV.

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05/29/01
Jessica Winter
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