Jimmy's Hall

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Jimmy's Hall

PG-13

2015

1h 49m

History

Drama

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In 1930s Ireland, political activist Jimmy Gralton (Barry Ward) faces deportation for running a community hall for the arts.

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Benefiting from a talented cast and sensitive work from director Ken Loach, Jimmy's Hall offers period drama rich with relevant sociopolitical themes.

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Calvin Wilson

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

08/19/2015

3.5/4

Working from a fact-based screenplay by his longtime collaborator Paul Laverty, Loach addresses a theme that resonates throughout his work: the effect of the political on the personal.

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John Hartl

Seattle Times

08/06/2015

3.5/4

Loach is clearly on Gralton's side, but he's remarkably evenhanded about it. Norton is a formidable villain, while Ward is just vulnerable enough to make the showdown dramatically persuasive.

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

07/30/2015

3/5

If you ever thought Footloose might've been improved with an Irish brogue and a short pour of agitprop, then by all means look to this latest from Ken Loach, Britain's elder statesman of cinema and its evergreen champion of the working class.

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

01/13/2021

In the end, Jimmy's Hall is a your typical issue movie. But it happens to be one made by a master.

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PJ Nabarro

Patrick Nabarro

11/12/2018

4/5

Ken Loach has fashioned one of his purest and most lovely films here in Jimmy's Hall.

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Charles Mudede

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

08/23/2018

This is Loach at his best.

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Phil D

2d

Perfection! We need more films like this.

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Georgan G

10/05/2023

Quite a lesson in Irish history. One of the communist organizers tries to make life better for the poor but is stopped by the catholic church and the conservative government.

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04/04/2023

A beautiful film, one of the best—culture and new, revolutionary ways of being go hand in hand, it’s clear.

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isla s

09/03/2022

I enjoyed the scenes of traditional Irish dance and the feel of community with the numerous locals getting together to make use of said hall. Of course there is a darker side to the story and it'd be fair to say its main theme is intolerance. There are scenes of violence depicted and I was a little squeamish on ocassion, thats not to say there's especially graphic, gorey scenes present (although some bloody injury is depicted in passing) but its more a case of what things represent, the metaphors at play, the social commentary aspect that I found sobering. Its worth a watch.

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01/03/2019

Enjoyable but not one of Ken Loach's best.

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11/14/2016

A saddening political drama. Recommended for those interested in Irish history.

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Synopsis

In 1930s Ireland, political activist Jimmy Gralton (Barry Ward) faces deportation for running a community hall for the arts.

Director: Ken Loach
Producer: Rebecca O'Brien, Pascal Caucheteux, Grégoire Sorlat, Vincent Maraval, Andrew Lowe
Screenwriter: Paul Laverty
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Wild Bunch International, Element Pictures, France 2 Cinema, Channel 4 Television Corporation, Why Not Productions, Sixteen Films
Rating: PG-13 (Language|A Scene of Violence)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 3, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $560.3K
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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