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In America (2003)
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In America stars the incandescent Samantha Morton and Paddy Considine as two young Irish parents who have lost their only son. Trying to run away from their grief, they move (illegally) to a junkie-infested apartment building in New York City with their two daughters, Christy (Sarah Bolger) and Ariel (Emma Bolger). Though they struggle with meager jobs and suffocatingly hot weather, a friendship with an artist in an apartment below them (Djimon Hounsou, Gladiator) becomes a catalyst that allows them to rebuild their family. In America is splendidly acted throughout--of particular note are the two girls, real-life sisters...
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In America Movie Review by Jarrod  (8/3/2008) |
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'In America' is about the struggles of a poor immigrants from Ireland as they arrive in New York hoping to secure a better life for themselves. Jim Sheridan's potent drama has perhaps more relevance now than it did in 2002, when it was first released Johnny Sullivan (Paddy Considine) and his wife Sarah (Samantha Morton)...
(complete In America review by Jarrod)
| In America Movie Review by Ezra (2/16/2007) |
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I think Jim Sheridan, Ken Loach and Mike Leigh create the most compelling and realistic characters of all the writer/directors working today. Sheridan's latest is the sweet (but not sappy) story of an Irish family who come to New York to make a new start. The film features real-life sisters Sarah and Emma Bolger, two of...
(complete In America review by Ezra)
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