Review of Bobby Sands: 66 Days (2016) by Kevin C — 19 Nov 2017

Movie evening with Iris.

Entertaining documentary which tells the tale of the Troubles from Easter Uprising to Good Friday Agreement.

This review of Bobby Sands: 66 Days (2016) was written by Kevin C on 19 Nov 2017.

Bobby Sands: 66 Days has generally received positive reviews.

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By Mártan C (13) on 06 Aug 2016

Good, but it fails in a number of areas. It's too focused on Sands, to the detriment of the other Hunger Strikers. They're mere footnotes…

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By Tom Huddleston (600) for Time Out London (344) on 14 Aug 2016

It’s in contextualising Sands’s struggle that ‘66 Days’ is most effective…

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By John Doyle (19) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 28 Feb 2017

The doc - made by Brendan J…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 01 Dec 2016

A searing documentary about the life and death of an Irish hero…

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By Andrew Lowry (88) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 03 Aug 2016

Narratives of the Northern Irish Troubles are a nightmare of bias and bullshit – this superior doc does better than most in cutting through…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 17 Dec 2016

Although the gut-level sympathies of Brendan J Byrne's film are clear, we hear unsentimental thoughts from all sides…

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By Geewah (593) on 06 Jan 2021

What ever you think of Bobby Sands and the Troubles in Northern Ireland, this is an insightful doco into more than just the man…

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By Ben Nicholson (124) for CineVue (2,163) on 14 Aug 2016

Though it is clearly a work of great empathy and respect, Bobby Sands: 66 Days takes pains to offer alternative perspectives and as such makes…

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By Jason Gorber (520) for POV Magazine (25) on 14 Aug 2017

It's a testament to the quality of filmmaking that Bobby Sands: 66 Days comes across neither as a piece of propaganda, a screed, or a dry piece…

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Review of Bobby Sands: 66 Days (2016)

By James S (2,117) on 07 Aug 2016

Watching this it is easy to forget Sands was arrested on terrorism charges for his role in the sectarian bombing of a furniture factory and…

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