Angela's Ashes

Oh look...what have we here...yet another happy film from Alan Parker. Actually, in the midst of this tome about poverty stricken Ireland there is a great amount of happiness. ANGELA'S ASHES is very true to the Frank McCourt "biography"...I use the quotation marks as my mate Johnny, a bartender at my Irish local who sounds just like narrator Andrew Bennett, say any Irishman could have written a book like this. This may be true, but they didn't and McCourt did. Parker is sheer genius here in portraying the early life of McCourt and some of the scenes will simply blow you away. I've always been surprised that Emily Watson didn't receive an Oscar nod for her work here because she is stunning. Definately one not to be missed.