PalCinema Review: Small Things Like These

Cillian Murphy returns as a coal worker in 1980s Ireland

Dan Pal

Nov 08, 2024

∙ Paid

November 8, 2024

FILM: SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE

DIRECTED BY: TIM MIELANTS

STARRING: CILLIAN MURPHY, EMILY WATSON, LOUIS KIRWAN

RATING: 3 out of 4 stars

By Dan Pal

When Cillian Murphy won his Oscar last year for Oppenheimer it signaled that Hollywood respected his internal, less showy work over some of the others he was nominated against. This year he give…

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