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Dominican Rep. Ironweed
1,095
Drama
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran ... [+]
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"The movie generates little suspense and no relief. And yet it is worth seeing as a chamber piece, an exercise in which two great actors expand their range and work together in great sympathy" | POS |
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United States |
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"Ironweed is the love story of two bums, the swan song of a haunted man, a character study of abiding humanity. It's a sad movie. Beautiful, too" | POS |
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United States |
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"The movie has no momentum--the running time (144 minutes) is like a death sentence." | NEG |
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United States |
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"Ironweed is decent fare, not excellent. It gets by on the strength of the unexpected" | NEU |
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United States |
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"Unrelentingly bleak, Ironweed is a film without an audience and no reason for being except its own self-importance" | NEG |
United Kingdom |
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"Good performances, but If you're looking for an uplifting tale of hope against despair, look elsewhere" | NEU |
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