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 In America
 Release Date - November 26th, 2003
 Distributor - Fox Searchlight
 Duration - 1 hr. 43 min.
 Rating - PG-13 for some sexuality, drug references, brief violence and language.
 Type - Drama, Romance
 Writer : Naomi Sheridan,Kirsten Sheridan
 Producer : Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan
 Director : Jim Sheridan
 Starring : Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Djimon Hounsou, Emma Bolger, Sarah Bolger
 Synopsis
Set in modern times, this is the story of an Irish immigrant (Considine) who moves with his wife (Morton) and daughter to a rundown New York apartment so that he can pursue an acting career.
 Critic Reviews
Jim Sheridan's autobiographical film, IN AMERICA, begins as Irish immigrants Johnny (Paddy Considine), his wife Sarah (Samantha Morton), and their two daughters, drive their wood-paneled station wagon across the Canadian border and into America. As they enter New York City at night, 10-year-old Christy (Emma Bolger) records the lights, skyscrapers, and general excitement on her camcorder. Her little sister Ariel (Sarah Bolger) coos at all there is to see, and the whole family is filled with new hope. With no money to live on, they settle into the top floor of a flophouse tenement inhabited by transvestites and drug addicts. The dilapidated building is at first intimidating, but with a little redecorating and a change of perspective, the family turns it into a bohemian paradise. While Johnny goes to auditions, trying to get his break as an actor, Sarah works at the ice cream shop down the street and the girls go to Catholic school. A budding friendship with their ominous neighbor, Mateo (Djimon Hounsou), brings a much-needed spirituality to the family's happy but difficult struggle to survive. A beautiful and touching film about the risks that families take striving for a colorful, successful, happy life, IN AMERICA is above all a tribute to New York City in all its glory: its diversity of people and opportunity, its violence and grit, and its sometimes overwhelming energy.

Grade : C+
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Grade : A
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