AGNES BROWNE (1999) **1/2 Anjelica Huston, Marion O' Dwyer, Ray Winstone, Tom Jones
(cameo). Huston, who also co-produced with filmmaker Jim Sheridan and
directs in her big-screen debut, gives it her all as stoic, decent
Irish mother of seven in Dublin circa 1967 whose adjustment to
widowhood takes its toll in her daily struggle to keep her brood
under wraps even as she attempts to enjoy her life as it proceeds.
Straight forward but no real sense of palpable tension even as it
dredges up the themes of death, poverty and an unsteady future.
(cameo). Huston, who also co-produced with filmmaker Jim Sheridan and
directs in her big-screen debut, gives it her all as stoic, decent
Irish mother of seven in Dublin circa 1967 whose adjustment to
widowhood takes its toll in her daily struggle to keep her brood
under wraps even as she attempts to enjoy her life as it proceeds.
Straight forward but no real sense of palpable tension even as it
dredges up the themes of death, poverty and an unsteady future.