Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
- civil war
- fight
- presidential election
- freedom fighter
- biography
- ireland
- irish easter rebellion (1916)
- 1920s
- assination
- irish history
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Julia Roberts — Kitty Kiernan
- Ian Hart — Joe O'Reilly
- Brendan Gleeson — Liam Tobin
- Stuart Graham — Tom Cullen
- Sean McGinley — Smith
- Gerard McSorley — Cathal Brugha
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers — Collin's Assassin
- Charles Dance — Soames
- Richard Ingram — British Officer
- John Kenny — Patrick Pearse
- Ronan McCairbre — Thomas MacDonagh
- Directed
- Neil Jordan
- Written
- Neil Jordan
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 529 ratings
- Studio
- Geffen Pictures, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
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