Recent Film Board feature which went under the radar. Poorly-made and dull it's about a returned emigrant who rows with his father and collects money owed by neighbours in a Cork village. Flatly photographed, obligatory awful soundtrack music (clarinets, Erik Satie-piano), and an establishing shot of the local pub every twenty minutes this is a dire effort. The kind of film that draws attention to the green muntins on the local telephone box! Shame, because the story is well intentioned but gets ruined by the big deal over scenery and comical foul dialogue. The entire movie shows how attractive the area is but then a kid says he can't wait to move to Australia! Also, there's something pathetic about a man older than myself wearing an earring.
Title: The pier
Genre: Family drama
New/old: New
Cinema/DVD: DVD
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