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Older Than Ireland
2018
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Average Rating
3.9
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3.1
The movie doesnt linger on any single topic, happy or sad. With so many lives to look back on, Fegan moves briskly from theme to theme.
1.5
Though never managing to surprise us much, this brisk encounter with the living past has moments of charm and the occasional fresh perspective.
The Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Its often said that the Irish, blessed with the gift of gab, can be splendid raconteurs. Youll find generous evidence to that effect here. And a bit o ..
The New York Times
4.0
Una Reid, 100, enjoys chatting while in the beauty parlor and doesnt seem to know what all the fuss is about.
Paste Magazine
4.5
Still, this is such a moving, evocative and rare assemblage of souls, were grateful for its existence.
3.0
Grade: Robins Review: B+ I am not sure what audience writer/director Fagan is aiming for with this charming, funny and poignant portrait of history.
3.0
Grade: Robins Review: B+ I am not sure what audience writer/director Fagan is aiming for with this charming, funny and poignant portrait of history.
4.5
Its a glorious film, in large part because it is a reminder of in what low regard we often hold those of a certain age.
Chicago Tribune
4.5
There arent many vegans in this cast of characters as one says proudly, shes never eaten a vegetable in her life.
Boston Globe
4.0
It is edited with great wit and features some memorably witty compositions.
The Irish Times
5.0
Older Than Ireland is peppered with wise words, great memories, plenty of humour, a lot of energy and cue the Kleenex one of the saddest true stories ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
4.5
Fegan profiles the people who stayed behind, which makes his film unavoidably sad, but theyre also the unheralded citizens who kept the old sod going ..
The Stranger
2.0
It doesnt generate enough steam as a thriller, but works as a two hander.
Independent Ie
4.0
Full of brilliantly captured candid moments, Older Than Ireland is a chirpy little charmer.
Stuff
3.0
As for boys dating boys, they readily dont understand it, but if thats what the boys want to do . . . .
Patriot Ledger
3.8
A charming, moving and over too soon portrait of a country, and of what it means to have a longer than expected life.
Seattle Times
4.5
Weaves together oral histories to create a moving portrayal of living at the outer edge of mortality the subjects are Irish, but the subject is life i ..
Film Journal International ..
3.8
As the title would imply, this gang of people predate the actual country they live in, and even just through relating their life manage to speak to th ..
National Post
4.5
Bessie Nolan, 103, provocatively lights a cigarette before uttering a series of casual feckins.
Sf Weekly
4.5
It is a little gem of a movie and establishes the reputation of Alex Fegan as a director to watch.
Film Ireland
4.5
As the comforting stillness of the camera lends an intimately observant feel to the film, Older Than Ireland acts as an organically flowing oral histo ..
Hot Press
4.5
Fegan treats his venerable subjects with care. If he doesnt seem to push them hard (we never hear him guiding the questioning), he clearly finds a pla ..
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