Film1987143 min

Ironweed

Name: Ironweed
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987
Duration: 143 min
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora

Taste attributes: dramaslowheavycomplex relationship

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"Hard times and Good times. Francis and Helen."

Boxlist takeSlow-paced and weighty: a drama that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.6 /10

TMDB · 85 votes

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Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.

Synopsis: TMDB