SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE Movie Review | Cillian Murphy

SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE Movie Review | Cillian Murphy | Emily Watson

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@davidfilmexpert Ай бұрын

This is a beautiful adaptation of the novel. This meditative drama has many moments of hard-hitting realities about how a convent's dark secrets affect generations of people in a small Irish community and Cillian Murphy gives such a mesmerizing performance. 👌

@jasoncarrick5461 Ай бұрын

Cillian is one of my favorite actors, he has such a natural style that you forget he is acting, A great under the radar movie of his is Sunshine. I am also glad Philomena got a mention which is also great!

@ameliacraiig4193 Ай бұрын

I'm rewatching Peaky Blinders atm, and Cillian is an absolute chameleon in the range of roles I've seen him in. Amazing actor.

@kategriffiths9777 Ай бұрын

I loved the book and I highly recommend reading it if you haven't, it's very short.

@BreakfastAllDay Ай бұрын

Good to know, thanks Kate!

@zanehannan6781 Ай бұрын

Just saw this and I loved it. Brilliant performances, direction, cinematography, sound design, etc. The image of there being only a wall separating the Magdelene laundry from the school brought so many resonances from The Zone of Interest, that an entire community lives a compleletely nornal life, as long as they all agree to ignore the horror only a wall away.

@OzymandiasWasRight 29 күн бұрын

I cannot stop thinking about this movie. Saw it on a whim purely on my love for Cillian's acting. This movie is a masterpiece. Masterpiece. It's beautiful. That final few minutes. Haven't cried in a theater in like 15 years. Oofta. Bring tissues.

@BreakfastAllDay 28 күн бұрын

It is haunting indeed.

@scarba 25 күн бұрын

Yeah I almost cried when I read the book

@stillorgan2625 Ай бұрын

Love you alonso but this story didn’t get any attention in the UK. It did get plenty of cover in Ireland you know the country that it happened in. Ireland hasn’t been part of the UK for a hundred years girl 😂 love from Dublin xo

@heliotropezzz333 10 күн бұрын

I saw it at a lunchtime viewing in a cinema in the UK and there were very few empty seats. However it was Monday when the tickets are cheapest. It was also on at the second cinema (an art cinema) in the area. I saw it advertised a lot online and on some news sites.

@BrusselsDude Ай бұрын

1:30 Alonso, Ireland is not in the United Kingdom.

@craic90ify Ай бұрын

So I'm pretty sure that Alonso knows this 😂. However, as someone from Ireland, I get it - it's politically sensitive due to the history. That said, this isn't The History Channel and I'm willing to forgive the odd misspeak or two for the great content served up on my breakfast plate every day. 😅

@LawnBunny777 Ай бұрын

Um, geography lessons maybe? Ireland is indeed part of the United Kingdom.

@BrusselsDude Ай бұрын

@ Now that is a stunning display of ignorance. The Republic of Ireland, which is what Alonso is talking about here, is not in the United Kingdom. I should know, because I’m from there. Go back to bed.

@LawnBunny777 Ай бұрын

@@BrusselsDude Now that is a stunning display of arrogance. Go back to charm school.

@TruDis01 12 күн бұрын

@@LawnBunny777 Yes, you do need geography lessons.

@g.mitchell7110 Ай бұрын

The Magdalene Sisters covers somewhat similar territory. It's set in an "asylum" (really an industrial laundry where the girls sent there are used for free labor) and shows what goes on inside (horrific physical abuse by the nuns and worse by the priest in charge). The asylum/factory is often juxtaposed with the beautiful village next door, effectively amplifying the effect.

@Mary-Kp9ie-p1w Ай бұрын

I am thinking of going to see this film as it is playing in the Netherlands. It is tempting as I am Irish and grew up in Dublin in 1952. I know all about growing up there. Perhaps the film will only highthen my belief that Women's liberation has always been right. I would not say the darkness of a convent but the darkness of the Church, like most churches. May your God be with you.

@jonasvanneyghem8799 25 күн бұрын

Correction: Directed by Tim Mielants Thanks for the review, I look forward watching this next weekend

@sohinisen3042 4 күн бұрын

Thank you for the review.

@Stuie299 25 күн бұрын

This is a well made movie. As you said Murphy gives a fantastic performance, and some of the cinematography is beautiful. Ultimately though I think it lacks a lot of context for American audiences. I wasn't familiar with Magdalene Laundries going into the film, so things were probably much more ambiguous then they were intended to be. As. result I had to do a bunch of basic research after the film, that I'd assume UK audiences wouldn't have to do.

@scarba 25 күн бұрын

The book had an appendix to explain the context. It was like a concentration camp for women and children ran by women. In the name of kindness comes utter evil

@podoherty2 Ай бұрын

Not seeing what is going on inside the nunnery but hearing noises and hearing disturbing noises reminded me slightly of Jonathan Glazers approach to depicting the horror that was Auschwitz

@BreakfastAllDay Ай бұрын

Yes, good point!

@K.alexsadler Ай бұрын

Double feature with Eileen for cold, bummer, period Christmas novellas

@TruDis01 12 күн бұрын

1:17 Just for the record, Ireland isn't in the UK

@helenheeney2284 Ай бұрын

Amazing film outstanding performances 👏

@angelthman1659 Ай бұрын

If I'm feeling very generous, this film deals with the actual topic for about 15% of its running time. The rest is a *Walking-Around Movie.* That's what I call movies where there's a lot of walking around, staring out windows, washing hands, preparing food, climbing up and down stares, staring blankly at the TV, etc. Tell me that's not a formula. Yet critics seem to love it, using words like "bold" and "different."

@nevetsny1 26 күн бұрын

There’s a showtime/bbc miniseries with Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormick that covers similar territory. The Woman in the Wall. Really sad story so mad at the church, gawd.

@philiporeillycork 20 күн бұрын

Saw it last night and fantastic movie.

@MadailinBurnhope Ай бұрын

I can't wait to see this

@mattsmaintenance7139 Ай бұрын

@@MadailinBurnhope save your money,it's crap

@rehnumachowdhury3629 Ай бұрын

@mattsmaintenance7139 just because of you have an iq of below 60.

@timothyw98 Ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing Emily Watson in the Dune prequel series.

@BreakfastAllDay Ай бұрын

We're planning to recap it on our Patreon!

@JohnMcVay1 27 күн бұрын

I’m seeing this tomorrow (Monday)

@LawnBunny777 Ай бұрын

I'm confused. Were all his daughters actually escapees from the nunnery?

@BreakfastAllDay Ай бұрын

No, those are his daughters, but then he brought this one young woman home at the end.

@AllInTheGame01 Ай бұрын

It's very rare for Actors to win back-to-back Oscars, right?

@Gavin48 Ай бұрын

Yep hasn't happened since the 90s with Tom Hanks & Kevin Spacey.

@davidfilmexpert Ай бұрын

@@Gavin48 Kevin Spacey's Oscar wins were not back-to-back like Tom Hanks, they were four years apart.

@davidfilmexpert Ай бұрын

The only five actors to win consecutive back-to-back Oscars were Spencer Tracy and Tom Hanks for Best Actor, Louise Rainer and Katherine Hepburn for Best Actress and Jason Robards for Best Supporting Actor.

@Gavin48 Ай бұрын

@@davidfilmexpert damn I stand corrected

@tlovehater Ай бұрын

I don't even think he's gonna get the nomination.