Fresh
A director whose breakthrough was the story of a madman's last stand has exceeded that feat with the story of an angry man's next step.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Five Minutes of Heaven
To face the future, they must face the past.
2009 · 1h 29m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Overview
The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
Director and cast
- Oliver Hirschbiegel Director
- Liam Neeson as Alistair Little
- James Nesbitt as Joe Griffin
- Anamaria Marinca as Vika
- Gerard Jordan as Jim
- Mark Ryder as Young Alistair - 1975
- Niamh Cusack as Alistair's Mum - 1975
- Paul Garrett as Alistair's Dad - 1975
- Conor MacNeill as Dave - 1975
- Diarmuid Noyes as Andy - 1975
- Mathew McElhinney Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Two marvelous performances from two Irish actors turn Oliver Hirschbiegel's Five Minutes of Heaven into a tour de force.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
The movie might have been more tense had it been a little more quiet. Neeson and Nesbitt, however, are so good that narrative hiccups never threaten to lose us...
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
So many movies set in Northern Ireland are about the Troubles that we might justifiably ask, why another? Five Minutes of Heaven is far from the best of the breed, but it does at least take a new tack.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
Ultimately, Five Minutes of Heaven is stronger as a whole than its individual parts.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
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