Top billed cast

1. 

   Chris O'Donnell

   Jack Foley

2. 

   Minnie Driver

   Bernadette 'Benny' Hogan

3. 

   Geraldine O'Rawe

   Eve Malone

4. 

   Saffron Burrows

   Nan Mahon

5. 

   Alan Cumming

   Sean Walsh

6. 

   Colin Firth

   Simon Westward

7. 

   Aidan Gillen

   Aidan Lynch

8. 

   Mick Lally

   Dan Hogan

9. 

   Britta Smith

   Mrs Hogan

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2020-08-12

Circle of Friends is a little feel good sort of movie. The ensemble characters interact quite well. I have always liked Minnie Driver, and Alan Cummings seems to nail the smarmy characters like this. I think he was in a Jane Austen adaptation film with a similar role.

The film is based on one of the best Maeve Binchy novels, in my opinion. It concerns Bennie, Driver’s character, who has a self-esteem problem based partly on her weight and unpopularity. But she stands up for herself when she has to, and makes friends. She overcomes problems I won’t go into and risk giving details away, b...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$15,000,000.00

Revenue
$45,000,000.00

Keywords

• college
• forbidden love
• moral conflict
• childhood friends
• 1950s