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Liam

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United Kingdom, Germany, France · 2000
Rated R · 1h 30m
Director Stephen Frears
Starring Ian Hart, Claire Hackett, Anthony Borrows, David Hart
Genre Drama

"Liam" follows the the family of titular character, who is a young boy living in Liverpool at the time of the Great Depression. After Liam's father loses his job at a factory the family plummets into poverty, which causes certain members to become susceptible to the political movements taking place around them. A tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in a working class family.

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75

Boston Globe by Jay Carr

Frears makes every note count for a lot in this beautifully gauged microcosm of big emotions expressed in small gestures.

75

New York Post by Lou Lumenick

Director Frears, in a radical shift from "High Fidelity," again (as in "Dangerous Liaisons") shows he's a master of period detail and subtle storytelling -- and the performances couldn't be more on the money.

70

New Times (L.A.) by Luke Y. Thompson

Though the film came out a year ago in the U.K., the timing here is unfortunate, and one has to wish that, like so many bigger productions, Liam could have migrated to a more-distant release date.

75

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker

What's left at the end is an emotionally restrained vision of harsh, impoverished lives, more thoughtful than affecting, and never less than gorgeous, but so unfocused it leaves only scattered impressions.

75

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

While there are similarities to the hardscrabble saga of "Angela's Ashes," Frears' film avoids the mawkish pitfalls of Alan Parker's screen adaptation.

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