Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
Some Mother's Son has generally received very positive reviews.
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Some Mother's Son was released in 1996 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 30 reviews, giving Some Mother's Son (1996) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 88%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Some Mother's Son than critics were.
With a score of 76%, Some Mother's Son is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1996 with similar scores include films like Jerry Maguire, The God of Cookery and Red.
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