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Closing the Ring

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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 Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review Kamal Al-Solaylee Globe and Mail 08/01/2008
2/4
Closing the Ring needed to find a context for its free-flowing emotions. Go to Full Review Toni Vall Cinemanía (Spain) 11/04/2020
2.5/5
[A] moth-eaten film. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses 05/10/2009
2/5
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Hrvojka M Aug 9 Really sweet and thoughtful storytelling See more 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. See more 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. See more 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) See more 10/31/2012 Have watched this more than a dozen times. One of my favourite movies!! See more 05/27/2012 Good movie and interesting story that keeps you guessing See more Read all reviews
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Richard Attenborough

Director

Shirley MacLaine

Ethel Ann

Christopher Plummer

Jack

Mischa Barton

Young Ethel Ann

Gregory Smith

Young Jack

Martin McCann

Jimmy

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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
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