The first Irish creation I've seen in ages to pull off the high-difficulty feat of trafficking in grit, drollery, and emotion without turning to blarney as a crutch.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
So full of pep you can't help surrendering to its creative energy.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
That it succeeds is some kind of miracle; there's enough material here for three bad films, and somehow it becomes one good one.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
Very, very funny, thanks to a lively first script by Mark O'Rowe, who has a good ear for earthy dialogue and a sense of life's absurd little synchronicities.Read Full Review »
Here, love and violence are random, everyone's a fool for love, and tomfoolery often has a shocking twist. And every action has an equal and opposite reaction.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
Could fairly be described as a Robert Altman ensemble movie without the flab, or "Magnolia" with a mean streak and bigger laughs.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Jessica Winter
Like a loud and intermittently charismatic drunk at a dreary dive bar, Intermission grabs your attention, but in no time you're looking for the nearest exit.Read Full Review »