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Michael Collins (1996) Rank 3 Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)
Scott Renshaw
Neil Jordan (who also wrote the screenplay) is clearly going out of his way to paint Collins as an extraordinary figure in Irish history, as well as to rationalize his extremism. "I hate them for making hate necessary" Collins says in one of several ...read the complete Michael Collins movie review at Scott Renshaw
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
After being a part of the defeated Easter Uprising of 1916 and spending two years in a British prison, Collins developed new methods to fight the British. In the process he created an army by virtually inventing urban guerrilla warfare. On November 21, ...read the complete Michael Collins movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
artechock (Richard Oehmann)
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
A way to relate pivotal events to an audience who probably knows little about the Irish republic's creation. ...read the complete Michael Collins movie review at Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Instead of being a slow, dull historical drama, it is actually an exciting action drama. ...read the complete Michael Collins movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Movie Reviews UK
An earnest attempt to fashion a myth from the man, Michael Collins captures the birth of the Irish Republic but fails to express the human cost. In 1916, the rebel forces of the Irish Volunteers are holed up in the Dublin General Post Office, facing ...read the complete Michael Collins movie review at Movie Reviews UK
Austin Chronicle (Alison Macor)
Steve Rhodes
MICHAEL COLLINS is an excellent, but frustrating film. The acting is brilliant as is the direction. The film's downfall lies in the script, also by Neil Jordan. Tactically the script works, but not strategically.After a three paragraph written ...read the complete Michael Collins movie review at Steve Rhodes
Michael Redman
Sent to England by Sinn Fein head and president of the Irish Republic Eamon De Valera (played with an eerie intensity by Alan Rickman) to negotiate a settlement, Collins returns with less than he hoped for. Ireland would be divided with the south being ...read the complete Michael Collins movie review at Michael Redman
Revenge of the Audience (Erik Gregersen)
Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
The time between 1916 and the 1920s saw the worst of a revolt that caused the creation the IRA and heightened the fight for independence between Ireland and the crown in London. At the head of this fight, like it or not, was Michael Collins, a ...read the complete Michael Collins movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Detroit News (Susan Stark)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
History will record the greatness of Michael Collins,'' the Irish president and patriot Eamon De Valera said as an old man in 1966, ``and it will be recorded at my expense.'' Yes, and ...read the complete Michael Collins movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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Tucson Weekly (Stacey Richter)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
MICHAEL COLLINS is billed as an Epic Historical Drama, but it's really just another war movie, albeit one played at half-speed. Liam Neeson plays the title character, an Irish revolutionary who changed the course of history by introducing guerrilla ...read the complete Michael Collins movie review at Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
Tim Voon
'An eye for an eye', and a dead cabinet minister for every year under British Rule. That would mean 800 years, and a lot of dead ministers. Not a good idea, but when desperation becomes despair, people will do anything to succeed. I say 'turn the other ...read the complete Michael Collins movie review at Tim Voon
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The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
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Harvey's Movie Review (Harvey O'Brien)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Philadelphia City Paper (Frank Lewis)
Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Houston Chronicle
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
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