Angela's Ashes (1999) - User Ratings and Movie Reviews

Angela's Ashes, Et al, by Frank McCourt

By , August 7, 2006

You saw the movie but you would never read the book? What kind of asinine statement is that? The book is so much better than the movie was. But, of course, we in North America live in a society that only wants instant gratification. Frank McCourt's books made me laugh out loud. His book "'Tis" made me laugh until my belly was actually sore. Yes, Angela's Ashes is an extremely sad story, but it is also a first-hand account of the ills which befall a country where the Roman Catholic Church has such a stranglehold over its populace. Frank made me hope with every fiber of my being that on the Judgment Day, the true God will make those bastards, the Catholic clergy, pay for the extreme cruelty and poverty that existed in Ireland when Frank was a child. That a mother should have to beg in the streets is an atrocity - no matter what century or decade. I love Frank McCourt, and I was moved by his written word more profoundly that I can possibly explain, probably because my childhood was not the greatest either. Frank is wrong about one thing, though. There ARE worse childhoods than the one he had because I lived it.

*thumbs up*, by Roxie

By , January 12, 2004

This must have been one of the best movies i've seen in my life,i've also read the book and i really loved it,too.I think all this misery made me think a lot,and the sets,casts,everything are claming ''worth seeing! ''