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Ryan's Daughter

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Ryan's Daughter (1970)

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Reviews Counted: 17

Fresh: 8

Rotten:9

Average Rating: 5.5/10

Runtime: 3 hrs 16 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: David Lean's epic tale of forbidden love, set during the Irish Rebellion of 1916 tells the story of Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum), a kind and gentle widower, who falls in love with and... David Lean's epic tale of forbidden love, set during the Irish Rebellion of 1916 tells the story of Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum), a kind and gentle widower, who falls in love with and marries the much younger Rosy (Sarah Miles). On her wedding night, however, Rosy finds that her new husband does not make her romantic dreams come true. When a handsome young Major arrives to take over England's occupying forces, he and Rosy feel an immediate sexual attraction to each other. Unable to resist temptation despite the dangers, the two begin a passionate affair. But when someone betrays the Irish rebels to the British authorities, the whole town suspects Rosy. They're determined to make her pay... and it doesn't matter whether or not she's innocent. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Actress--Sarah Miles. Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor--John Mills, Best Cinematography. [More]

Starring: Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Christopher Jones, John Mills

Starring: Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Trevor Howard, Leo McKern, Barry Foster, Marie Kean

Director: David Lean

Director: David Lean
Producer: Anthony Havelock-Allan
Screenwriter: Robert Bolt
Composer: Maurice Jarre

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Arguably David Lean's weakest film, this lushly photographed (it won Oscar for Freddie Young) period Irish romance is rambling and pointless, and feels like an occasion for Sarah Miles (then married to writer Bolt) to show off her beautiful body.

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03/22/08
Emanuel Levy
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The best thing about this much-vaunted, overlong Irish epic love triangle is its gorgeous photography.

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11/06/07
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Overlength of perhaps 30 minutes serves to magnify some weaknesses of Robert Bolt's original screenplay, to dissipate the impact of the performances, and to overwhelm outstanding photography and production.

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11/06/07
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10/02/07
Susan Granger
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An awe-inspiringly tedious lump of soggy romanticism.

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06/24/06
Tom Milne
Time Out

Those who were jealous of [Lean's] previous successes decried the film as an utter failure, though of course it is not, it just isn't quite as good as his other movies.

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03/08/06
Douglas Pratt
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Some hippie-dippiness dates the picture, but the vérité posturing of Lean's peers looks a lot kitschier in retrospect

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02/22/06
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

If you are looking for a breath of fresh Eire, you are in the wrong movie.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
02/15/06
Phil Hall
Film Threat

Ryan's Daughter takes far too long to say much too little.

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01/30/06
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Vet British actor John Mills won the Supporting Oscar for playing the village's idiot

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07/04/05
Emanuel Levy
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It doesn't transfigure the world. It embalms it.

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05/09/05
Vincent Canby
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A disappointing failure of tone, a lush and overblown self-indulgence in which David Lean has given us a great deal less than meets the eye.

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10/23/04
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08/05/04
Robert Roten
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Lean's depiction of provincial Ireland during the unrest of 1916 may suffer a little from its rather worthy romanticism, but this does not dilute its powerful, epic vision.

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07/26/02
Philip Martin
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It's insanely overproduced in Lean's standard epic style, yet somehow the crazy mismatches in scale contribute to the film's sense of romantic delirium.

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