Closing the Ring

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Closing the Ring

R

2007

1h 59m

Drama

Romance

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During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann (Mischa Barton), who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy (Martin McCann) endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann (Shirley MacLaine), who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

08/22/2018

Credulity is stretched so far it twangs back into your face

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

08/01/2008

3/4

Attenborough is a past master at this type of drama, and he confidently shifts between the decades, avoiding the confusion so common to non-linear films like this.

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Kamal Al-Solaylee

Globe and Mail

08/01/2008

2/4

Closing the Ring needed to find a context for its free-flowing emotions.

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Toni Vall

Cinemanía (Spain)

11/04/2020

2.5/5

[A] moth-eaten film. [Full review in Spanish]

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Sarah Manvel

Cinemattraction

08/07/2018

Has Plummer or Postlethwaite ever given a bad performance? Attenborough is no auteur, as he says himself, but his ability to enable his actors to shine makes Closing the Ring a film which really grows on you.

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Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

05/10/2009

2/5

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Hrvojka M

@RT58922719 Aug 9

Really sweet and thoughtful storytelling

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05/10/2014

The best film I have seen for ages. Three generations of superb actors. The plot and direction are remarkable in their close observation of the human condition. Maybe you have to be a romantic and not a cynic to appreciste this. The final scene with a buzzard couple circling in the air brought a lump to my throat.

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12/01/2013

Attenborough is a past master at this type of drama, and he confidently shifts between the decades, avoiding the confusion so common to non-linear films like this. this one is good and most watchable but just a footnote to Attenborough's filmography.

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03/29/2013

Notebook-esque, but it's very boring. Mischa Barton shows off her boobies, but aside from that it's quite unmemorable. (not the best claim to fame)

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10/31/2012

Have watched this more than a dozen times. One of my favourite movies!!

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05/27/2012

Good movie and interesting story that keeps you guessing

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Synopsis

During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann (Mischa Barton), who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy (Martin McCann) endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann (Shirley MacLaine), who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.

Director: Richard Attenborough
Screenwriter: Peter Woodward
Production Co: Premiere Picture
Rating: R (Nudity|Brief Sexuality|Violent Images)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 28, 2017
Runtime: 1h 59m