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Some Mother's Son

1996, Movie, R, 112 mins

SOME MOTHER'S SON
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Written and directed by Terry George, who scripted IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, this weepy piece of agitprop is undeniably powerful, despite its one-sided point of view and nationalist ardor. Its success is largely the result of a predictably smart and eloquent lead performance from Helen Mirren, playing the mother of an Irish hunger striker following Bobby Sands on his fatal 1981 protest. It's a fabulous, sad story, but George, like his countrymen Jim Sheridan and Neil Jorda... read more leave a comment
Year: 1996
Rated R

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Cast
Helen Mirren: Kathleen Quigley
Aidan Gillen: Gerald Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan: Annie Higgins
David O'Hara: Frank Higgins
John Lynch: Bobby Sands
Tim Woodward: Harrington

 

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