Monday Morning Maybe

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Closing the Ring

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2007 | 118 min | Drama, Romance

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With just 32% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 6.2 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for romantics. If you loved Wings, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
The mood
Warm and romantic.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 58 min.
What might put you off
Rated R: meant for adults.

During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsWeak

    32% on Rotten Tomatoes

  • AudiencesBelow par

    6.2 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 29K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Richard Attenborough

  • Shirley MacLaineEthel Ann
  • Christopher PlummerJack
  • Mischa BartonYoung Ethel Ann
  • Stephen AmellTeddy Gordon
  • Neve CampbellMarie
  • Pete PostlethwaiteQuinlan
  • Martin McCannJimmy
  • Allan HawcoPeter Etty
  • Gregory SmithYoung Jack
  • David AlpayChuck