A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 60 wins & 255 nominations total
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- TriviaThe film is based on true events from Kenneth Branagh's childhood.
- GoofsAt about 33 minutes, a diagram of the solar system is shown which omits Pluto. Pluto was considered a planet in 1969 and would have been included in such a diagram at that time.
- Quotes
Auntie Violet: The Irish were born for leavin', otherwise the rest of the world'd have no pubs.
- Crazy creditsEnd title cards read: "For the ones who stayed" / "For the ones who left" / "And for all the ones who were lost."
- ConnectionsFeatured in CTV National News: Episode dated 9 September 2021 (2021)
- SoundtracksDown to Joy
Written by Van Morrison (uncredited)
Performed by Van Morrison
Licensed courtesy of Exile Productions, Ltd.
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Very Solid
A very solid if unremarkable coming of age film set during the Irish troubles of 1969.
This movie was very reminiscent of the 1987 film "Hope and Glory," only that film was much better. In fact, this movie reminded me a lot of the kinds of films that came out in the late 80s and throughout the 90s, accomplished and pleasing Oscar bait movies that gave not especially sophisticated adult film audiences products that were good and substantial enough to make them feel like they were seeing something important but safe enough to never make them feel challenged or threatened.
For me, what gave "Belfast" its heart was not the central story about a little boy and the parents who want to give him a better life than war-torn Ireland allows, but rather the side story about the enduring love between his grandparents, played by Ciaran Hinds and Judi Dench. The best scenes in the movie were the ones featuring those two, and Dench's scene at the end is the one that lingered with me most. I was thrilled to pieces when both of them were recognized with Academy Award nominations.
Grade: A-
This movie was very reminiscent of the 1987 film "Hope and Glory," only that film was much better. In fact, this movie reminded me a lot of the kinds of films that came out in the late 80s and throughout the 90s, accomplished and pleasing Oscar bait movies that gave not especially sophisticated adult film audiences products that were good and substantial enough to make them feel like they were seeing something important but safe enough to never make them feel challenged or threatened.
For me, what gave "Belfast" its heart was not the central story about a little boy and the parents who want to give him a better life than war-torn Ireland allows, but rather the side story about the enduring love between his grandparents, played by Ciaran Hinds and Judi Dench. The best scenes in the movie were the ones featuring those two, and Dench's scene at the end is the one that lingered with me most. I was thrilled to pieces when both of them were recognized with Academy Award nominations.
Grade: A-
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- Белфаст
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- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,250,870
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,779,410
- Nov 14, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $49,158,709
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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