Cal
Drama, Romance, Thriller
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1984
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Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
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Details
Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
24 Aug 1984
Country:
IE, GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA 2 wins & 3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Cal tells a story that has been told many times before, but tells it quietly and powerfully about a particular time and place: Northern Ireland in the 1980s.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Miss Mirren, through a reserve that disappears layer by layer, makes Marcella a woman of unexpected substance and generosity, one who is no more comfortable with the pain and paradoxes of Northern Ireland than Cal is himself.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
[A] trite, weepy, rather contrived tale -- you feel that every extra who passes in the street has a more involving, authentic story to tell.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The symbolism is thrashed just a little hard at times, but on the whole it's a most impressive debut from O'Connor, strongly acted all round.
– ,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006