Release Year:
2000MMPA Rating:
14ANetflix Star Rating:
3.6 / 5 StarsAvailable Since:
March 01, 2012Angela's Ashes
This adaptation of Frank McCourt's best-selling memoir tells the grim story of the author's impoverished childhood in 1940s Ireland, a time of devastating deprivation spent alongside starving siblings, a long-suffering mother and an alcoholic father. Emily Watson and Robert Carlysle shine in the pivotal roles of McCourt's struggling parents in this captivating biographical drama from director Alan Parker (Fame, Midnight Express).