Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Charles London reviewedMarch 26, 2025
Most of us have great difficulty fully comprehending abject poverty and it's associated hardships. This adaptation of Frank McCourt's memoirs gives us a hard look at one boy's journey from empty hopes and life-suppressing squalor to dreams of a return to America, where he would receive a life-changing education.
Stories of immigrants escaping harsh conditions to start new lives elsewhere are not new, but this one puts more focus on the beginnings and less on the results. I wouldn't call this a feel-good movie, but it certainly induces feelings that will ultimately reward you.