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Mood:
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Plot:
- Couple RelationsLove AffairCrimesLove and RomanceCouplesPolice DetectiveCrumbling MarriagePolice Investigation more...
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Genres:
- ComedyCrimeDrama
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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Place:
- EuropeIrelandSmall Town
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- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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- Ensemble Cast
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Intermission, 2003
English
Ireland, UK
Profile of Intermission
The mood of Intermission is gloomy, offbeat, and feel good. The plot centers around a love affair, couples relations, and love and romance. It is a comedy, crime, and drama movie. Stylistically, Intermission stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a small town. Intermission is set in Ireland. It happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that Intermission includes drugs/alcohol, sexual content, and profanity.
Summary of Intermission
In this dramedy starring Cillian Murphy (28 DAYS LATER) and Colin Farrell (PHONE BOOTH) a series of coincidences and haphazard relationships unite a small group of people living in Dublin. The result is an alternately depressing and humorous sideways glance at the way that people make their life decisions, seen through a group of duplicitous characters each of whom has a stubborn, selfish side and a soft, vulnerable side. With plenty of off-kilter jokes running the gamut from impotence and adultery to pissing and puking, INTERMISSION delivers its crowing potshot to female moustaches--quaintly nicknamed "tash" here. Sally (Shirley Henderson) is the downtrodden young woman with the "tash," and is also the sister of Deirdre (Kelly Macdonald) who is on the rebound after a hard breakup. Her ex-boyfriend John (Murphy) works as a clerk at a department store. His coworker Oscar (David Wilmot) is an impotent shy guy who finally finds a solution with Noeleen (Deirdre O'Kane), an older woman whose husband has just left her for the much-younger Deirdre. Meanwhile the overzealous cop Jerry (Colm Meany) is busy chasing after harmless criminal Lehiff (Colin Farrell). When a shocking bus accident occurs, the characters are brought together and forced to face the reality of their tangled lives.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Ireland, UK |
| Release date: | 29 August 2003 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
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as John
as Lehiff
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- by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
The New York Times
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- by: A.O. Scott
