Irish Films

**A face** · 04/08/2008, 11:02 PM

Dont think theres been a thread on this yet so here goes ...

First one up .... Intermission 2003

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.

There's the hapless romantic and his sex-starved best friend, the hotshot detective and the crook he's after, a young girl on the rebound with an older married man -- not to mention his deserted wife, an ambitious TV producer, an abandoned fianc�e, a preteen trouble-maker -- all of whom are unaware of how their choices are profoundly intertwined. Add a botched robbery, some brown sauce, a woman's moustache, flying rocks and dancing single seniors and you have "Intermission."

Have to say that the cast is very good, Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Colm Meaney, Deirdre O'Kane, Shirley Henderson and Kelly MacDonald (who i always thought was Irish but she is Scottish) and the story line was good. As comedies go its very well done i thought.

**sligoman** · 05/08/2008, 12:24 AM

Some Mother's Son is my favourite republican film by far. The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van, In Bruges and The Butcher Boy are also very good comedies. I generally like most Irish films. Colm Meaney is a great actor imo.

**anto1208** · 05/08/2008, 10:23 AM

Dead Bodies is well worth checking out. The Front Line, How Harry Became A Tree (Colm Meaney, Cilian Murphy), Accelerator and the ones mentioned above are all good films.

Any film with Brendan Gleeson in is going to be good, love watching him.

**Sheridan** · 05/08/2008, 10:29 AM

My dream is to one day see an Irish film without Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar or Sean Mc****ingGinley in it.

**John83** · 05/08/2008, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by Sheridan

My dream is to one day see an Irish film without Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar or Sean Mc****ingGinley in it.

Give In Brugges a go. Not an Irish film per se, but it's written/directed by an Irishman (Martin McDonagh) and stars Farrell and Brendan Gleeson

**A face** · 05/08/2008, 10:42 AM

The Wind That Shakes The Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 Ken Loach film set during the Irish War of Independence (1919�21) and the Irish Civil War (1922�3). Written by long-time Loach collaborator Paul Laverty, this drama tells the story of two County Cork brothers, played by Cillian Murphy and P�draic Delaney, who join the Irish Republican Army to fight for Irish independence from Great Britain.

**stann** · 05/08/2008, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by Sheridan

My dream is to one day see an Irish film without Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar or Sean Mc****ingGinley in it.

I Went Down. Ticks those boxes, and is one of the best Irish films ever to boot.

**Wolfie** · 05/08/2008, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by stann

I Went Down. Ticks those boxes, and is one of the best Irish films ever to boot.

Agreed - was pleasantly surprised as to how good this was. Brendan Gleeson was excellent.

**jebus** · 05/08/2008, 12:27 PM

How hasn't anyone mentioned Waking Ned yet? Great movie, probably my favourite Irish movie alongside The Field and Intermission

**gustavo** · 05/08/2008, 12:27 PM

I enjoyed Garage with Pat Shortt , mighnt be to everyones tastes but I thought it was very well made

**Wolfie** · 05/08/2008, 12:30 PM

"My Left Foot" would need a mention in any Irish Film list.

**John83** · 05/08/2008, 1:40 PM

Originally Posted by gustavo

I enjoyed Garage with Pat Shortt , mighnt be to everyones tastes but I thought it was very well made

I know a few people who ranked it among the worst films they saw all year.

**superfrank** · 05/08/2008, 1:44 PM

Originally Posted by stann

I Went Down. Ticks those boxes, and is one of the best Irish films ever to boot.

Brilliant choice. I loved that film, mainly for Brendan Gleeson's role.

I really liked Michael Collins too.

Surprised no one has mentioned Adam & Paul or Inside I'm Dancing yet. Personally, I didn't like them but many others seem to drop them.

**dublinred** · 05/08/2008, 1:48 PM

Originally Posted by superfrank

Brilliant choice. I loved that film, mainly for Brendan Gleeson's role.

Good film , tried to rent/buy it recently but couldn't get anywhere , any suggestions , googling the title at work is not an option for obvious reasons.

**sligoman** · 05/08/2008, 1:50 PM

I've tried to get 'Some Mother's Son' on video/dvd but can't find it, anyone know where I could get it?

Originally Posted by superfrank

Surprised noone has mentioned Adam & Paul

My favourite scene from that:

**John83** · 05/08/2008, 1:52 PM

Originally Posted by londonred

Good film , tried to rent/buy it recently but couldn't get anywhere , any suggestions , googling the title at work is not an option for obvious reasons.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Went-Down-.../dp/B00004CXBZ

**gustavo** · 05/08/2008, 1:54 PM

Originally Posted by John83

I know a few people who ranked it among the worst films they saw all year.

That's why I said it might not be to everyones tastes

**A face** · 05/08/2008, 2:32 PM

Originally Posted by stann

I Went Down. Ticks those boxes, and is one of the best Irish films ever to boot.

Agreed, this is a quality film. Top marks, in fact i thought alot of Irish films before this were not great. This one really raised the bar.

Man About Dog - 2004

There is a good review of this film here -> "Three pedigree chumps learn that every underdog has its day in this freewheeling Irish comedy. In hock to the tune of �50,000 to a Belfast bookie and saddled with a dopey greyhound that wouldn't run if its backside was on fire, Mo Chara (Allen Leech), his perpetually stoned mate 'Cerebral' Paulsey (Tom Murphy), and the terminally unlucky Scud (Ciaran Nolan) head south in the hope of seeing a man about a dog. Foul-mouthed and funny, Man About Dog is full of great craic."

**bennocelt** · 05/08/2008, 4:08 PM

I loved Man About Dog, but maybe its cause im into gambling

Surprised no one mentioned - In The Name Of The Father, great movie with great acting

**TonyD** · 05/08/2008, 6:15 PM

Originally Posted by gustavo

I enjoyed Garage with Pat Shortt , mighnt be to everyones tastes but I thought it was very well made

I haven't seen that, as I have a serious aversion to Pat Shortt. I was going to mention I Went Down. Super film. In Bruges is very good too. Common factor between them, Brendan Gleeson, who for my money is the best Irish actor going. Thought Adam and Paul had some funny moments too and portrayed the pathetic, wasted life of the junkie quite well. Name of the Father was horrendous I thought, almost unforgiveably so, considering the liberties it took with the actual story it was supposed to be portraying. I read Gerry Conlons book, and the film bore practically no resemblance to it.