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Are YOUR parents a burden?
Are YOUR parents a burden?
Comedy, Drama - 1998
7.1
47%
N/A
A group of four siblings reunite in Glasgow on the eve of their mother's funeral, and the children mourn their mother's passing in a variety of ways—sometimes heartfelt, sometimes bizarre. As a potential thunderstorm threatens to damage the city, the situation compounds itself.
Director:
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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
3 Sep 1998
Country:
GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$49,501
Awards:
10 wins & 2 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
My guess is that Mullan never decided what tone his film should aim for; he fell in love with individual sequences without asking how they fit together.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
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