If you enjoy Irish scenery and good acting, then this film may be enjoyable. Otherwise, it's a disappointment. There's not much of a plot, except how a family of five sisters manages through the economically difficult period of the mid-nineteen-thirties. This story line withers away, however, and the viewer is left to ponder the meaning of the film. What character development there is stops midway through the middle of the film. We expect the oldest sister to either take charge of the situation or undergo a personality change. We expect the unwed father of the boy to develop a closer relationship with his son and the mother, but he prepares to join the Republican forces that are fighting Franco in Spain. We are left with nothing except the narrator's voice, representing the boy, to tie up some loose ends.
Review of Dancing at Lughnasa
