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Small Things Like These

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6.8/10 • 327

2024-11-011h 39m

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If you want to get on in life, there’s things you have to ignore so you can keep on.

In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

Directors
Tim Mielants
Writters
Enda Walsh
Editors
Alain Dessauvage

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  1. Cillian Murphy

    Cillian Murphy

    Bill Furlong

  2. Emily Watson

    Emily Watson

    Sister Mary

  3. Michelle Fairley

    Michelle Fairley

    Mrs. Wilson

  4. Eileen Walsh

    Eileen Walsh

    Eileen Furlong

  5. Zara Devlin

    Zara Devlin

    Sarah Redmond

  6. Clare Dunne

    Clare Dunne

    Sister Carmel

  7. Helen Behan

    Helen Behan

    Mrs. Kehoe

  8. Ella Cannon

    Ella Cannon

    Laundry Girl

  9. Patrick Ryan

    Patrick Ryan

    Pat

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r96sk

Nov 1, 2024

8/10

'Small Things Like These' is absorbing. I basically got exactly what I expected from this one. It's a slow burn, quiet film featuring a stellar, if somewhat understated, Cillian Murphy performance. The pacing is spot on and the story is undoubtedly engrossing, it's one that holds plenty of emotion behind it. It does conclude rather abruptly, I in fact overheard someone nearby remark "that can't be it" when the cut to black happens. That isn't, for me anyway, a bad thing though. Again, I kinda anticipated it being a movie that would simply tell its tale and end, which is certainly what it does. It is very much Murphy that stands out from these 98 minutes, but credit is still due for the likes of Eileen Walsh, Emily Watson and Zara Devlin in their respective supporting roles. No-one onscreen puts a foot wrong. All in all, it's evidently a supremely well made picture - one I'd recommend!

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$10,604,490.00
Keywords
small townhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookchoirflashbackirelandbarbershopcatholicismcoalmerchantdisturbedchristmasabuse1980sgrimdrearycomplicityconventmagdalene asylumdepressinggentle