DANCING AT LUGHNASSA


 "DANCING AT LUGHNASSA"   (1998) 

MY THOUGHTS: This film is semi-autobiographical, as confirmed by Brian Friel, and is beautifully done. It was my first time watching it and I enjoyed it very much. I enjoyed the story and the acting, in my opinion, ranged from very good to excellent. Meryl Streep was very impressive, but so were the other actresses who played her sisters (Kathy Burke and Catherine McCormack, in particular) and I was quite taken with Michael Gambon's performance. It was truly a multi-talented ensemble cast and they all contributed to making the film a delight to watch and quite memorable. I consider it a new favorite!
SYNOPSIS: "Kate Mundy is the eldest of five sisters living together in a small house in Ireland in 1936. The only one with a steady job, Kate oversees the various conflicting personalities. Though none of the women is married, Christina has a young son named Michael. The household works well in its fashion, but after the sisters' addle-minded brother, Jack, shows up, then Michael's father, Gerry, things are unlikely to stay the same."
STARRING: Meryl Streep, Catherine McCormack, Michael Gambon, Rhys Ifans, Brid Brennan, Kathy Burke, Darrell Johnson, Sophie Thompson, Gerard McSorley, John Kavanagh and Marie Mullen.
SCREENPLAY: Frank McGuinness; Based on Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.
DIRECTOR: Pat O'Connor
REVIEWS:
Janet Maslin, critic of the New York Times said that "Meryl Streep has made many a grand acting gesture in her career, but the way she simply peers out a window in Dancing at Lughnasa ranks with the best. Everything the viewer need know about Kate Mundy, the woman she plays here, is written on that prim, lonely face and its flabbergasted gaze."
Peter Travis of Rolling Stone magazine wrote that "a luminous cast reveals long-buried feelings. Meryl Streep finds the expansive soul behind prim schoolteacher Kate. And she is matched by Kathy Burke's bawdy Maggie, Brid Brennan's secretive Agnes, Sophie Thompson's slow-witted Rose and Catherine McCormack's bold Christina, who never married the father of her son."

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