Circle

“Their sweet, determined, gently understated struggle for fulfillment in a superstitiously conservative society makes this densely, deftly packed movie a quiet joy to behold.”

Richard Schickel, Time · 90

“Circle of Friends is heartwarming and poignant, a love story that glows with intelligence and feeling.”

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times · 88

“Driver's tough core of honesty and wit is bewitching. So's the movie.”

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone · 88

“Another nice thing about Circle of Friends is that it escapes a happily-ever-after scenario to provide more bite and toughness than it first promises.”

Janet Maslin, The New York Times · 80

“Although there isn't anything startlingly original in this tale of three Catholic girls falling in love in late-fifties Ireland, it gets a sweet telling in Pat O'Connor's pretty film.”

Bruce Diones, The New Yorker · 80