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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5021866200309
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Sales Rank: 189473
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Megan Burns gets burnt.
Teresa (Megan Burns) and her brother Liam (Anthony Burrows)are growing up in England as the depression is hitting its full stride. Their father is out of work and looking for people to blame, their mother is riddled with critical diatribes towards her children, and both the children are looking for answers.
Young Liam turns awkwardly towards the Catholic orthodoxy while Teresa begins working for a prosperous Jewish family. Their father, meanwhile, turns toward the local fascist thugs ... Read More
Rating:  - unfortunately
unfortunately i am unable to view the film liam as i am in the uk and the film is formated for the USA and Canada,my fault for not going to Amazon UK
Rating:  - HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT - A HORRIFIYINLY VERY SAD Mis-use of what God Teaches !
This movie was a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!! There was so much hype about how GOOD this movie was and the sweet little boy in the movie and his bravery that we bought the movie only to be horrified of what they do to these children and the lack of "real quality" storyline. The storyline is missing so much and the parents of this little boy should be shot or perhaps the writer should be shot for even making this movie. If they had added some real depth and detail other than the depressed state of this ... Read More
Rating: - How deep can hell be ?
Gut-clutching. Frears is so universal when he starts getting down into the spasms of our entirely repressed freedom. Here the repression comes from the catholic church and the catholic faith that is transformed into a pilory of flames, hells sins, blazes, punishments, retaliations, guilts, and so many other vexations and humiliations that you remain like Liam, speechless and wordless in front of the denied basic human need for communication. The little Jesus of this fundamentalistic catholic vision ... Read More
Rating: - A Different View of Working Class England
If I were to think of one word to describe the film LIAM, harsh would probably be the first to come to mind. The setting in 1930's working class England is harsh. Daily life is harsh with little solace. The personalities are harsh and even in places where people try to find respite, whether it is in religion or with friends, harshness is all that can be found.
We see the story through the eyes of Liam Sullivan, a young boy about First Communion age. Liam has a speech impediment which makes ... Read More
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