Dancing at Lughnasa
1998
**½
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Rhys Ifans, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan, Lorcan Cranitch, John Kavanagh, Marie Mullen
The lives of five Irish sisters in the 1930s are disrupted by the return of their missionary brother. The story is narrated by the son of one of the sisters. This adaptation of Brian Friel's play is a sympathetic but uninspired family drama.
