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Raining Stones

It would be funny if it didn't hurt so much.

6.9(148)19931h 30m2

Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to increasingly questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$89.4K
Language
English
  • communion dress
  • priest
  • working class
  • catholic
  • unemployment
  • manchester

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Ken Loach

Writers

Jim Allen

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical11 Mar 1994
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical157 Oct 1993
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical14A9 Sept 1993
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1217 Jul 1999
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical17 Dec 1993

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Raining Stones was released on 9 September 1993.

Audience reviews

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    Peter McGinn

    5/18/2023

    6/10

    I watched this to see Bruce Jones in it, who I know from long ago Coronation Street. He performed well with a limiting script. I mean, there was plenty of emotional highs and lows for him to strut his stuff, but the plot seemed weak and fell back on stereotypes. I had trouble with his being too proud to accept charity but he has no qualms about breaking the law. Do those two standards really fit with each other? I wa…

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