Circle of Friends
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Movie Reviews of Circle of Friends
Movie Review: Utterly charming !
Summary: 4 Stars
Fantastic flick ! Beautiful settings, charming storyline and brought to life buy a fantastic ensemble cast. The supporting cast is wonderful, but the movie belongs to it's 2 leads. Chris O'Donnell is fantastic as the all round Mr Popular "blue eyed boy", even his Irish accent is commendable, and not merely laughable like some before him (hint hint Mr Cruise). However, the film is completely stolen by Minnie Driver.....utter brilliance. Her character is impossible not to like, and Driver plays this to perfection. By the end of the movie I was in love with her character. Is it any wonder Ms Driver rocketted to instant stardom. I was excited when this movie was released on DVD as I had almost worn out my VHS copy. The extra's are nice....a trailer, an info-trailer and a handful of teaser trailers. I would have loved to see some out-takes. I would have loved to see if the chemistry on screen spilled over to off screen. I'm sure it must have, surely they can't act that well.
I thoroughly recommend this movie to anyone who would like a little break from explicit sex and violence and settle down to a "nice" movie. MAGNIFICENT !
Movie Review: Beautiful Romance
Summary: 4 Stars
This is very enjoyable film,well done,finely understated and well-played by all it's actors.Centering on Benny(Minnie Driver),a plain,unassuming girl growing up in Ireland in the fifties,the story begins when she goes off to college and becomes smitten with a handsome rugby player,played by Chris O'Donnell.Thier scenes together are wonderfully nuanced and insightful,and played with genuine feeling.The film can be a bit predictable,with familiar conflicts between Benny and her parents arising,and there's also an incongruously harsh sub-plot centered on a friend of Benny's played by Saffron Burrows,who gets pregnant,causing rather dire complications to ensue.It's better to focus on Minnie Driver,who simply sparkles in the lead role,although it always confuses me when a role calls for someone to be thought of as not particularly attractive,and then they hire an actress as drop-dead as Driver.Oh,well,that's movies for you.Suffice it to say that Minnie gives a great performance,tapping into Benny's defiant spirit,sharp intelligence,and boundless heart.It's a star-making performance,and a film to be proud of.Movie Review: worth watching
Summary: 4 Stars
i read the book, but as usual, i try to refrain from comparing the movie to the book. because if you do, you're usually up for one big fat disappointment. i would highly recommend people to read the book too.this is a pretty straightforward and simplistic film. and my only complaint is that the film doesn't flesh out some things that i really would have liked fleshed out, and it had some loose strings left hanging in the end. for example, i loved eve and aidan as a couple, yet the film gave them pretty flat portrayals. on the one hand, you're left wanting to see more, but on the other hand, there is the possibility that the film could spread itself too thin in terms of plot.
the movie was well cast. minnie driver is phenomenal. chris o'donnell doesn't get much credit. and my other favorite was the one who played eve. she really had spark! and alan cummings as the irrepressible sean walsh just makes me want to barf!
all in all, the movie's plot is a little thin, but the cast and great scenery more than make up for it.
Movie Review: Sweet Irish Fairy Tale
Summary: 4 Stars
This story is structured very much like an Irish fairy tale. It is about three girls who are best friends since early childhood. All but one live in poverty. They grow up and go to college in Dublin. Two of the girls fall in love; the third wants to marry for money. Bennie, the girl who lives in relative comfort, falls in love first with a boy named Jack. Her parents, however, want to set her up with a sleazy man who works for them in her father's shop. Eve is being brought up by nuns in a very strict environment. The third friend lives in dire poverty with an alcoholic father. It is she that wants to marry for money.
The movie is sweet and poignant, with the inevitable ups and downs of girls in love, betrayals by each other and by men. The photography is beautiful and made me want to return to Ireland again.
I recommend this movie for an easy viewing pick. Get some popcorn, set yourself down and have an enjoyable two hours.
Movie Review: Nice movie; No one is saving the world.
Summary: 4 Stars
That's basically it. It's a nice movie about learning how to grow up. I have a feeling that all over the world and all over the times people struggle at this age, at this time of their lives and with the same results. Not to give a Nietzsche quote but we learn from our mistakes and eventually the pain, the sting and the tears, end. And we are perhaps only imperceptibly, a little stronger. Love and broken hearts. One of the great, great plots. Maybe the greatest.
O'Donnell is a lot of fun. I haven't seen him lately but I am sure he will pop up; Minnie Driver is great and conveys a sense of innocence, quiet passion and a joie vivre.
The real star is Ireland. They say "post-war Ireland" but Ireland wasn't in the war. It was neutral. Still, the war raped Europe and Ireland suffered with the rest. A beautiful country; a nice story. 4 stars. Larry Scantlebury