Pete's meteor

If someone was to write what's wrong with most Irish movies from the '90s they could do well to use Pete's meteor as an example. It's a gritty drugs movie - except it's not. It's a magical children's film - except it's not. It's an inner-city crime movie - except it's not. It's actually a bit of everything and ends up as nothing. Made by a theatre director and it shows. The acting ranges from Fricker (who's the best here) to really bad acting from the kids. The main reason to see this movie is for Myers in a serious role. He's not that good. Another reason is the interesting but pointless sky shots of the capital. Rumour has it that some of the cast tried to hassle a Dublin nightclub DJ during the making of this movie. Really sad. Thankfully we don't make these kind of films in Ireland anymore - should never have happened back in the '90s but that's what the Film Board wanted.