Cherrybomb

A note to distributors. If you want your Irish movie reviewed on Shoot the Cabbage then release it in a Dublin CITY CENTRE cinema. Not in some place like Santry because it's too much effort to travel and view another Film Board effort which will more than likely be sh*te anyway. Thank you. However, as Shoot the Cabbage is a dedicated Irish film blog no expense was spared to visit Santy (OK, I walked!) to view this movie. What a movie! Yet another Nordie picture funded by the Irish Film Board this teenage drama is all style and zero substance. The kind of movie that thinks it's cool to show teenagers smoking - in slow motion. The kind of movie that is about nothing much except a threesome of young people who don't get on with their dads. The kind of movie that tries to be sexy, violent, controversial, and angry - except it's not. The kind of movie that uses New Order copycats on the soundtrack. Very tame stuff indeed. Has a questionable sex scene with James Nesbitt and a 16-year old girl. Really aimed at teenagers but it didn't work as I was the only person in the audience. The kind of movie that has a character texting and the words appear on screen - very impressive that. Not!