AngelaS Ashes
Movie • 1999 • Drama
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Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the IRA, and when he does find money, he spends the money on drink.
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The children are neglected
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Addiction
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The father is an alcoholic
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The father is an alcoholic
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NoriakiKakyoin
Frank slaps Angela after coming home drunk.
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Bodily Harm
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The dad eats an eye from a dead sheep head
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The father shaves a few times
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Mikey Malloy fakes a seizure so Frank can sneak into the cinema
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The baby sister and the twins
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There's an obscene and unecessary amount of it
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Swearing throughout.
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Prejudice
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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A boy apparently wears his sisters blouse at night and curls his hair so he looks gorgeous at mass
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Frank loses his virginity to Theresa Carmody.
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Normal coming of age stuff
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Frank talks about girls not minding what they do because they’ve already done it with their brothers. Willie charges other boys money to look at his naked sisters
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Frank succeeds in going to America like he'd wanted - but there's a certain bittersweetness knowing that his impoverished family is still in Ireland.
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