The Boston Herald, December 25th, 1998
"Dancing at Lughnasa." Rated PG-13. At the Kendall Square and West Newton cinemas.
Two and a half stars
Pat O'Connor's "Dancing at Lughnasa," a mossy film version of a memory play by Brian Friel, is more blarney than Checkov.
The film, which takes its name from a ritual performed in honor of a pagan god of light, focuses on the tense, tightly knit Mundy family - five unmarried sisters and an 8-year-old child - eking out a picturesquely mean existence on a modest tenant farm in a small town outside pre-World War II Donegal.
Kate (Meryl Streep), the family scold, is a teacher who is suitab...
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