Lean's depiction of provincial Ireland during the unrest of 1916 may suffer a little from its rather worthy romanticism, but this does not dilute its powerful, epic vision.
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05/24/03
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:8
Rotten:8
Average Rating:5.5/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 16 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: David Lean's epic tale of forbidden love, set during the Irish Rebellion of 1916 tells the story of Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum), a kind and gentle widower, who falls in love with and... [More]
Starring: Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Christopher Jones, John Mills
Director: David Lean
Reviews for Ryan's Daughter
1 - 16 (sorted by comments; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticAn awe-inspiringly tedious lump of soggy romanticism.
06/24/06
Top CriticThe best thing about this much-vaunted, overlong Irish epic love triangle is its gorgeous photography.
11/06/07
Top CriticSome hippie-dippiness dates the picture, but the vérité posturing of Lean's peers looks a lot kitschier in retrospect
02/22/06
It's insanely overproduced in Lean's standard epic style, yet somehow the crazy mismatches in scale contribute to the film's sense of romantic delirium.
01/01/00
Those who were jealous of [Lean's] previous successes decried the film as an utter failure, though of course it is not, it just isn't quite as good as his other movies.
03/08/06
Top CriticArguably David Lean's weakest film, this lushly photographed (it won Oscar for Freddie Young) period Irish romance is rambling and pointless, and feels like an occasion for Sarah Miles (then married to writer Bolt) to show off her beautiful body.
03/22/08
Ryan's Daughter takes far too long to say much too little.
01/30/06
If you are looking for a breath of fresh Eire, you are in the wrong movie.
02/15/06
No review available.
07/26/02
No review available.
08/05/04
A disappointing failure of tone, a lush and overblown self-indulgence in which David Lean has given us a great deal less than meets the eye.
10/23/04
Top CriticNo review available.
10/02/07
Overlength of perhaps 30 minutes serves to magnify some weaknesses of Robert Bolt's original screenplay, to dissipate the impact of the performances, and to overwhelm outstanding photography and production.
11/06/07
Top CriticIt doesn't transfigure the world. It embalms it.
05/09/05
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