Closing the Ring Reviews

Wonderful movie with absolutely brilliant actors and very realistic settings. A must to add to anyone's DVD library. It is a typical Richard Attenborough movie with great attention to detail and accuracy similar to his excellent movie 'A Bridge To Far'.... Read more

Never make promises you can't fulfill, otherwise you'll find that nagging feeling coming back to haunt you, and it can be quite uncomfortable, unless of course it doesn't bother you as far as integrity and trustworthiness are concerned. Then again there's... Read more

The story of love lost to death during the second world war will never be tiresome for anyone whose family was touched by the war. The question is, can writers and actors still make the story real? For those of us... Read more

Superb acting, phenomenal directing - I was hooked from the very start of the film. Cannot wait for it to come out on DVD as I will watch it over and over again!! You can actually "feel" the love involved with... Read more

"Closing the Ring" is pure schmaltz, I watched it with my mother, who absolutely adored it. I, on the other hand, hated it! I'm only giving it four stars because of the rather marvellous Pete Postlethwaite, who was also the only... Read more

This film is about an old man digging up fragments of planes from World War II, thereby uncovering some heartbreaking secrets. "Closing The Ring" is probably about as unconventional as you can get, as it concentrates on the relationship among older... Read more

Richard Attenborough's 'Closing The Ring' has quite an unusual cast. I never thought I'd see Shirley MacClaine, Christopher Plummer, Neve Campbell, Pete Postlethwaite and Mischa Barton in one film. The story feels a little contrived and I thought that Attenborough... Read more

First the story it is not bad, it's just predictable and not very challenging, it seems like the author copy past some winning formula but didn't knew what to do with it.You can clearly guess the ending from 30 minutes... Read more

I'd never heard of this movie and, judging from the number of votes and comments it has received, not many other people have either - which is something of a surprise when you consider the cast and director. But then... Read more

Oh where to start... apart from a unbelievable plot, green giant corny dialogue, and so much terrible acting... this filmed pained me to watch it.I admit, that being from Belfast myself and knowing that the film could not be more... Read more