Dancing at Lughnasa (film)

Dancing at Lughnasa is a 1998 film adapted from the Brian Friel play of the same title, directed by Pat OConnor.

Although the film received average reviews 65 Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, most critics praised the performances of the entire cast. 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 longburied feelings. Meryl Streep finds the expansive soul behind prim schoolteacher Kate. And she is matched by Kathy Burkes bawdy Maggie, Brid Brennans secretive Agnes, Sophie Thompsons slowwitted Rose and Catherine McCormacks bold Christina, who never married the father of her son. Darrell Johnston, the youngest of the cast was also nominated for a best young actor in a supporting role. A crowning achievement given this was his first real introduction to a Hollywood screen.Kathy Burke received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress Drama from the International Press Academy Satellite Awards. ........

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