Intermission
IRISH MOVIEMAKING by first-time director, John Crowley.One of the advantages of having enough cable channels to be able to see films that may not have made it to your local movie theaters is that you get to watch movies like Intermission. Don't ask me what intermission means for the plot. You won't want to take one while watching it, that's for sure. A lot happens and the plot jumps. What a pleasant change to watch someone on the screen who is not a humongoid ego crazed nutjob.
Its very strength could also be construed as a shadow weakness in that it's almost too Americanized for comfort in the way its presented. Just watch it and see if you understand what I mean.
I will give it KUDOS for presenting the actors as speaking the native tongue with enough clarity to be understood by Americans but with enough of the native brogue to keep it interesting. None of this sanitizing of the slang to the point of nausea business.
When I read the description in the movie preview guide I was thinking it was another bumbling criminals bumble yet again and in the process you get a few yuks. Wrong. Intermission is more about the absurdity of human relationships that you can either laugh at or cry at.
The movie's hopscotching plot is quaint and endearing and downright bold. There is more than a fair amount of hilarity to it. You'll laugh your ass off if the type of humor is your type of humor.
The director is talented. Amazing that this is his first movie.
Intermission is an entertaining and heartwarming piece of work from across the Atlantic.
posted by ms_lili @ 2:21 PM
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