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

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Edward Guthmann

    Downbeat, ultimately tragic, but there's a wondrous, sad beauty here. Read full review

  • 90
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    Stephen Frears's stunning Liam, -- a vivid, intense evocation of another British time and place. Read full review

  • 90
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    It is through the genius of Frears, screenwriter Jimmy McGovern and this talented cast that Liam lets no one off the hook, least of all the audience. Read full review

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    There is something about Stephen Frears' complex, heartbreaking, beautifully made Liam that seems to speak eloquently, painfully to the dilemmas we are facing today, to the terrible price dark times can extort from us all. Read full review

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Some will find Dad's last big act in the movie too melodramatic. I think it follows from a certain logic, and leads to the very last shot, which is heartbreaking in its tenderness. Read full review

  • 88
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    Ultimately grim, Liam is ripe in humanity --and even comedy. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety | David Stratton

    This depiction of the trials and tribulations of a working-class Catholic family during the Depression is a far more intimate viewing experience than the similarly themed "Angela's Ashes." Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Jay Carr

    Frears makes every note count for a lot in this beautifully gauged microcosm of big emotions expressed in small gestures. Read full review

  • 75
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    While there are similarities to the hardscrabble saga of "Angela's Ashes," Frears' film avoids the mawkish pitfalls of Alan Parker's screen adaptation. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    Walks the delicate boundary between politically inflected realism and costumed sentimentality. Read full review

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