Stella Days (2012)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 4
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Average Rating: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 2
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A small town cinema in rural Ireland in the 1950s becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle between Rome and Hollywood, and a man and his conscience. Martin Sheen stars as Father Daniel Berry in a story about the excitement of the unknown versus the security of the familiar, as those in the town find themselves on the cusp of the modern but still clinging to the traditions of church and a cultural identity forged in very different times. -- (C) Tribeca Film
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Cast
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Martin Sheen
Father Barry, Fr. Danie... -
Tom Hickey
Bishop Hegarty, Bishop ... -
Stephen Rea
Brendan McSweeney -
Joseph O'Sullivan
Joey -
Trystan Gravelle
Tim Lynch -
Marcella Plunkett
Molly -
Derbhle Crotty
Julia McSweeney -
Amy Huberman
Eileen -
Garrett Lombard
Jimmy -
Ruth McCabe
Miss Courtney -
David Herlihy
Emmet -
Donal O'Kelly
Des -
Gary Lydon
Larry -
Brendan Conroy
Billy -
Barbara Adair
Peggy -
Margaret O'Sullivan
Nonie -
Hugh O'Connor
Willie -
Danny Scully
Frankie -
Sean Doyle
Jumper -
Gail Fitzpatrick
Sally -
Arthur Riordan
Architect -
Louis Lovett
Bishop's Secretary -
Stephen Gillic
Young Daniel -
Philip Judge
Father -
Andrea Irvine
Mother -
Bernadette McKenna
Woman in Confessional -
Gene Rooney
Legion of Mary Woman 1 -
Sheila Cox
Legion of Mary Woman 2 -
Neil Watkins
Mr. Devoy -
Michael John Galvin
Priest -
Noel Gaskin
Mr. Devoy -
Nathaniel O'Leary
Jeremiah -
Alan Curran
Verger -
Sheila Ahearne
Small Girl -
Midland Melody Makers
Traditional Band -
Bohernanave Church Choir
Choir
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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (4)
There's no shortage of blarney in Stella Days, helmer Thaddeus O'Sullivan's largely winning drama about '50s rural Ireland, but it's blarney with a twist.
Top CriticSoft Irish accents and good intentions aren't enough to save the poky Irish drama "Stella Days," set in a small town on the cusp of change in the 1950s.
Relaxed performances and pillow-soft photography compensate somewhat for the story's narrow ambitions, but they're not enough to invigorate a movie that clearly would rather charm than challenge.
Thanks to its understated elegance and surpassing central performance, this modest, too-eagerly schematic period drama is more engrossing than it has a right to be.
While its catharsis is somewhat muted and its script uneven, this splendidly acted drama explores its themes with sensitivity, gentle humor and poignancy that will appeal in particular to older audiences.
Martin Sheen gives a lilting performance as dogged Father Barry. Sheen continues his professional and personal journey. The ending may not be as firm as one might want, but Stella Days is a further step in Martin Sheen's spiritual journey.
Working from a script as uneven as his accent, Sheen turns in an otherwise strong performance, but the sanitized Stella Days generates no real spark.
Sheen powerfully conveys his character's crisis of faith and the lightweight film captures its bleak setting and quirky townsfolk.
Well-meaning and well-done for what it is: overly familiar material lacking in viewer allure.
Within the square framework, screenwriter Antoine O'Flatharta and director Thaddeus O'Sullivan are able to convey a lot about the atmosphere and attitude of a community in transition.
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