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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    True to the book's squalor but also finding honest humor where it can. Read full review

  • 75
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Desmond Ryan

    Parker has honored the core of the work and in the process turned a great memoir into a memorable movie. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    Artfully evokes the physical realities of Irish poverty, but mostly misses the humor, lyricism and emotional charge of Frank McCourt's magical and magnificent memoir Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    If this beautifully made if flawed film sends people back to his book, it will have done good work for sure. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    What is wonderful about Angela's Ashes is Emily Watson's performance, and the other roles that are convincingly cast. Read full review

  • 63
    Boston Globe | Jay Carr

    While the film dutifully reproduces many incidents from the book, it lacks the spirit and vitality of its source. And - no small problem - it lacks McCourt's voice knitting the vignettes together. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times |

    Not since the latest fashion layout flirted with arty desolation, has misery looked this fabulously pristine. Read full review

  • 42
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Seems populated yet uninhabited; the only real star is the gloom. Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    In the translation from page to film, the life seems to have gone out of the story Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    The effect of the 2 1/2-hour film is deadening. Read full review

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