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Also it goes completely out of the way to make the father look like a drunkard. The family is going through a great depression in ireland of all places and the father loses his job, because of the depression! It also shows him drunk constantly without a job. EVERYONE there drinks after work. If he was coming home drunk without money it was because he wasn't the same ethnicity as the others making it even harder for him to find a job. It's like this movie automatically equates drinking with poor people, when that obviously is not the case, usually poor people work the most and spend the less time with their family not more.

Angela's Ashes (1999): Dir: Alan Parker / Cast: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge: Fashioned together by many effective subplots that could stand alone. Title refers to trials and heartaches of a woman who raises her children practically by herself yet losing some in the process. Her husband constantly wastes their income at the bars. This subplot is unfortunately left hanging in conclusion. Director Alan Parker does a skilled job. His range of genres stretches from Midnight Express to Pink Floyd: The Wall. Strong acting by Emily Watson who pushes forward despite overbearing odds and every problem that presented itself. Robert Carlyle as her drunken husband knows how low he has sunk and the disappointment he presents to his family. One could say that he just lived on with emotional consequences but that area of the story seems loosely handled. Joe Breen, Michael Legge and Ciaran Owens are the young actors who portray Angela's son whose point of view we observe throughout. They are featured to represent each of the three acts that doesn't quite payoff the screenplay. He sympathizes with his father but feels closure with his mother whom risked much so that he may obtain a future. It is a well crafted film that doesn't always work but its message is mending life where others saw fit to break it. Score: 7 / 10

Clocking in at two hours and twenty minutes, Angela's Ashes charts the early life of the real life lead character, Frank McCourt, based on his autobiography. Set in the not so distant past of mid 1930′s Ireland, it looks like a Dickensian tome, with muddy streets, abject poverty and sewage being thrown down the street.It's hard to believe that this was life in the mid 20th Century in a western country, where religion and anti-British propaganda ruled the masses of a country that was more than a little down on its luck. Dingy, realistic and difficult to enjoy, this was a very real take on this dismal period in history.The cast was admirable, with big hitters such as Robert Carlisle and Emily Watson as the titular Angela, but there were no weak links in this department at all. Overall, it was a very well made film but the drama was too loosely constructed and episodic as it simply followed the eldest son and writer of the source novel, Frank, as he grows up and attempts to realise his dream of leaving Ireland and building a new life in America.If you like real life drama set in the dismal surroundings where escapism is nowhere to be seen, then this is a masterpiece, but for everyone else, it's an interesting look into a way of life that should have died out with Queen Victoria. Ultimately, this film failed to make its money back and some would argue, failed to live up to the book and it certainly lacked enough humour to carry the story through what in many cases were traumatic events in such a dire environment.And I must have the missed the point of the title, as what the hell were Angela's Ashes?

**MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS**"Angela's ashes" is the movie ,based on a autobiography of "Frank Mccourt" with the same name....It is drama movie of a catholic family in Ireland , This movie shows the incidents since they moved from New York to Ireland .. This movie clearly reflects the middle 19th century in Ireland..It makes us laugh,cry and even make us pity on people of slums in Limerick...Most of the movie is shot in slums and are very well done... The scenes in slums may be the inspiration for Danny Boyle's "SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE"All the cast and crew are very much appreciable for this astonishing movie.. The cast is terrific , especially Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle played award winning performances.....The cinematography is astonishing , it makes us involve in the movie and with characters also..Sound tracks are awesome ..I watched all the trash movies and kept this movie aside , and i wonder how i did that...Alan parker is definitely one of the best directors ever, if you had any doubt about it , Go see "Angela's Ashes" now...After watching this movie i read the book , i can surely say that there is no need to read the book if you watched the movie ...A perfect adaption of a best selling book...if you once completed your viewing then i recommend you to read the sequels (books) of it , known as "'Tis" and "The Teacher Man" .... Its not a date night movie,you must in a perfect mood to enjoy this movie.. worth watching more than once...My RATING :9/10 (5/5 for actors)(4/5 for rest)