Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 17 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Handsome, but curiously cold, considering the emotional heat of Anglo-Irish matters. Fortunately, Liam Neeson commands almost every frame.
– Peter Stack,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
fresh:
Played with great magnetism and triumphant bluster by Liam Neeson, the film's Michael Collins easily lives up to his nickname.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
This is Jordan's most ambitious and satisfying movie -- a thriller with a real sense of scale, pace, menace and moral import.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Intelligent, enormously accomplished and seriously problematic, Neil Jordan's ambitious account of the activities of arguably the central figure in Ireland's painful, bloody fight for independence from the British Empire has a great deal to offer...
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
23 Jan 2009
rotten:
There are pain and honor in [Neeson's] performance, and they constantly rise up to redeem a film that is less probing, less thoughtful than its director's claims and aspirations for it.