Agnes O'Casey doesn't have the name recognition of Laura Linney, Maggie Smith and Kathy Bates, but the actress more than holds her own in scenes opposite the highly talented trio in "The Miracle Club."
Making her feature-film debut in the movie bound for theaters this week, O'Casey (BBC One's Ridley Road) portrays a mother of two whose older child, Daniel (Eric D. Smith), has never spoken a word, which causes her great distress. She brings real humanity to her scenes.
Mostly, though, this period drama from Irish filmmaker Thaddeus O'Sullivan concerns itself with the decadeslong shared past of the three women portrayed by Linney, Smith and Bates, a past full of heartache and resentment.
