Says how bad Irish cinema really is when a movie like this received such acclaim on release. One of those multiple storylines with lots of characters entering and leaving each others' lives. Contrived, smug, unoriginal, and already dated. Then there's Colin Farrell's singing of I fought the law on the soundtrack. The director quite rightly switched to television after this.
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Intermission
Says how bad Irish cinema really is when a movie like this received such acclaim on release. One of those multiple storylines with lots of characters entering and leaving each others' lives. Contrived, smug, unoriginal, and already dated. Then there's Colin Farrell's singing of I fought the law on the soundtrack. The director quite rightly switched to television after this.
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