Metacritic reviews

Those needing their Irish fix will be satisfied and no doubt will leave the theater in far greater spirits.

A standout feature of the movie is its representation of female friendship.

Anges has nothing but affection for its characters and fondness for their quirkiness.

It flies apart when it clumsily introduces humor at a funeral or an application for death benefits.

This is a modest but likable film, and Anjelica Huston plays a heroine who makes us smile.

A generally well-made tale of humor and hard luck.

There are a reserve and a realism in Huston's work that make her very modest film more affecting than you might expect.

Though the film occasionally rises to moments of genuine emotion and wit, it slips appallingly into corniness and hokum before coming to an abrupt and unconvincing end.

Great slabs of blarney are washed down with tears and Guinness in this yarn about a struggling Irish clan, and the resulting sentiment is blatant enough to wake Ned Devine.

A character-driven piece with a character who seems somewhat hollow.