Small Things Like These review: Cillian Murphy is in the form of his life

Small Things is a miniature where every tiny detail counts, and Murphy delivers a masterclass in how to reveal a roiling interiority behind a mask of forbearance
Small Things Like These review: Cillian Murphy is in the form of his life

Cillian Murphy as Bill Furlong in Small Things Like These. Picture: Enda Bowe

Tue, 29 Oct, 2024 - 11:48
Declan Burke

★★★★★

Christian instinct meets Catholic hegemony in Small Things Like These (12A), which opens in New Ross in 1985 with Christmas flying in. 

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