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68% Critic Match
Some Mother's Son
“Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.”
6.8 / 10• 1996• 1h 52m•R• English
DramaHistory
Storyline
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
Cast & Crew
Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
Lead
Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
John Lynch
Bobby Sands
Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
Tim Woodward
Harrington
Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Terry George's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Some Mother's Son is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
