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[[File:Ironweed House Slingerlands Historic District 1511 New Scotland Road.jpg|alt=pale blue Victorian house with ornate woodwork|thumb|Victorian house, known as the Dillenbeck House, in Slingerlands, NY (outside Albany), used in the film ''Ironweed
'''''Ironweed''''' is a 1987 American [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Héctor Babenco]]. Adapted to the screen by [[William Kennedy (author)|William Kennedy]] from his [[Ironweed (novel)|similarly named]] [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]]
==Synopsis==
The story is set during the 1930s [[Great Depression]]. Francis Phelan
==Cast==
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==Reception==
===Critical response===
The film received mixed reviews. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 60% based on reviews from 25 critics. The website's critics consensus reads, "Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep play masterfully off each, but ''Ironweed''{{'}}s unrelenting bleakness proves to be more monotonous than compelling."<ref>{{cite web |title= Ironweed (1987) |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ironweed/ |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date= 26 June 2024 |archive-date= 25 June 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200625131640/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ironweed |url-status= live }}</ref> At the time of its release, it garnered enthusiasm because of the presence of stars Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
[[Roger Ebert]] wrote, "Nicholson and Streep play drunks in ''Ironweed'', and actors are said to like to play drunks, because it gives them an excuse for overacting. But there is not much visible 'acting' in this movie; the actors are too good for that." Ebert gave the film three stars out of four.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19880212/REVIEWS/802120302/1023, |title=Roger Ebert (February, 1988) "Ironweed" |access-date=2008-12-24 |archive-date=2009-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203175711/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19880212/REVIEWS/802120302/1023, |url-status=live }}</ref>
Streep received raves from most critics. [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that "Meryl Streep, as ever, is uncanny. Miss Streep uses the role of Helen as an opportunity to deliver a stunning impersonation of a darty-eyed, fast-talking woman of the streets, an angry, obdurate woman with great memories and no future. There isn't much more to the film's Helen than this, and indeed the character may go no deeper, but she's a marvel all the same. Behind the runny, red-rimmed eyes, the nervous chatter, and the haunted expression, Miss Streep is even more utterly changed than her costar, and she even sings well. The sequence in which Helen entertains the real and imagined patrons of a bar room with a rendition of 'He's Me Pal' is a standout."<ref>[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE5DB163BF93BA25751C1A961948260 Maslin, Janet. The New York Times (December, 1987) "Ironweed (1987) Film: 'Ironweed,' From Hector Babenco"]</ref>
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat appreciated the film's spiritual message, writing, "Mixing realistic and surreal scenes, [[Argentinean]] director Héctor Babenco puts the accent on what he calls the spiritual dimensions of William Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel... If you ride with the emotional undertow of ''Ironweed'', there's no way you'll ever look at street people in quite the same way".<ref>[http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=6324 Brussat, Frederic and Mary Ann] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313225422/http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=6324 |date=2012-03-13 }}. ''Spirituality & Practive'', film review, February 1988. Last accessed: January 29, 2011.</ref>
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