Margaret's Museum

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Margaret's Museum

R

1995

1h 54m

Drama

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In a small mining town in 1940s Nova Scotia, Margaret (Helena Bonham Carter) grows to despise the mines after her brother and dad die working there. She then meets Neil (Clive Russell), a bagpipe player who's just as put off by the hard work of rural living as she is. Though her mother disapproves, Margaret and Neil get married, and Neil promises to find work outside of the mines. This proves impossible, though, and Neil is forced to work with the rest of the town's men, with tragic results.

Alison Macor

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 4.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Margaret's Museum is one of those small, nearly perfect movies that you know, seeing it, is absolutely one of a kind.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 1/5

Jun 13, 2005

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

Impressive Canadian film about a young woman's expression of righteous indignation.

Aug 26, 2002

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Dan Jardine

Apollo Guide

Rated: 81/100

Jan 1, 2000

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Steve Rhodes

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Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Steve D

Melodramatic shlock on steroids.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

A sad but beautiful story.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

I'm probably over-rating this because it's among the better Canadian movies I've seen... I wouldn't think it stacks up with other movies I've given four stars to, but I'm glad I gave it a chance. Compelling love story and a wonderful performance by Helena Bonham Carter.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

the ending is fucked up

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

this movie should be in my english class. We should read the book for this, it has a lot of realistic themes and human suffering.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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It tackles some very important subjects and themes, Russell & Bonham Carter do a great job together and the filml even carries a very witty (and sometimes dark) sense of humour. The problem is that despite opening on the ending the story lacks any sort of direction.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Mort Ransen

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Margaret MacNeil

Clive Russell

Neil Currie

Craig Olejnik

Jimmy MacNeil

Kate Nelligan

Catherine MacNeil

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Synopsis

In a small mining town in 1940s Nova Scotia, Margaret (Helena Bonham Carter) grows to despise the mines after her brother and dad die working there. She then meets Neil (Clive Russell), a bagpipe player who's just as put off by the hard work of rural living as she is. Though her mother disapproves, Margaret and Neil get married, and Neil promises to find work outside of the mines. This proves impossible, though, and Neil is forced to work with the rest of the town's men, with tragic results.

Director: Mort Ransen
Producer: Mort Ransen, Steve Clark-Hall, Claudio Luca, Mike Mahoney, Christopher Zimmer
Screenwriter: Gerald Wexler, Mort Ransen
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): May 13, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $79.2K
Runtime: 1h 54m