Circle of Friends – Im Kreis der Freunde (1995)

Circle of Friends – Im Kreis der Freunde: Directed by Pat O’Connor. With Chris O’Donnell, Minnie Driver, Geraldine O’Rawe, Saffron Burrows. 3 women, who’ve been friends since childhood, meet at university in Dublin in 1957. Student and boyfriend life begins.

“Oh sure, I know he must be out there doing something. But I recently saw this for the 2nd time, the first time at a second run movie house and I just fell in love with movie again. Chris Ou0026#39;Donnell and Minnie Driver (what happened to HER?) have great (but not amazing) chemistry going between them, and throughout the movie I was also saying, u0026quot;who is that weasely looking chap playing the fatheru0026#39;s assistant in the haberdashery shop?u0026quot; Only to find out it was Alan Cummings! (blush). I did like the love story, but the whole pregnancy angle seemed a bit too forced, and the whole mystery being solved at the end in one full swoop was a bit much. Still, it was nice to see Ou0026#39;Donnell acting before he sold himself out and started doing dreadful movies.”