
From one black comedy to another though this one is much more obviously played for the comedy I present to you an all-too-often overlooked thing of Irish wonder. Through his deft interlacing of life’s darkest and most ridiculously facetious moments, director John Crowley (who triumphed recently with the Oscar nominated period drama, Brooklyn) has constructed a clever comic fable that speaks fondly of a generation of misfits and malcontents. Review: Intermission (2003) Written by mastershotreviews. Lighter moments are counterbalanced with unadulterated longing and loneliness while violence springs so far out of left field that it resonates with the force of a slap to the face.Įven when the film collapses into a merry rom-com conclusion, the predominant atmosphere is ultimately one of sentimental genuineness. Intermission (styled as interMission) is a 2003 Irish crime comedy film directed by John Crowley, starring Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Colm Meaney. Taut storylines skip seamlessly between the goofily comic, the quirkily romantic, and the startlingly violent, as each of the characters tumble headlong toward their various comeuppances. Company Of Wolves Irish Film Board Lipsync Post New Films International Parallel Films Team Fx. Intermission is essentially a postmodern romantic comedy that distantly borrows its oddball characterisations from Tarantino-esque British gangster flicks, embellishing them with a warm suburban humanity. Directed by John Crowley Writing Credits Mark O'Rowe.

Meanwhile, Deidre’s sister, Sally (Shirley Henderson), struggles to recover from an indecent assault involving handcuffs and defecation by grappling with the decision to shave off her moustache. This film is not currently playing on MUBI.

Date: 13 September, 2014 Author: movierob Category: 2000s, 2003, Crime, Drama, Globe worthy, MovieRob Premiere. Intermission starts with a bang and just keeps going, following the intertwined lives of its characters who are in search of either love, money or fame.

In a bid to enact revenge, he falls into cahoots with violent thief, Lehiff (Colin Farrell), who plans to loot the baldy’s bank while being tailed by an incompetent cop with a hefty God complex (Colm Meaney). An urban love story about people adrift and their convoluted journeys in the search for some kind of love. Movies From the Hat: Intermission (2003). Spinning eleven interwoven tales of life and love in working class Dublin, Intermission centres on John (Cillian Murphy), a miserable supermarket clerk who breaks up with his girlfriend, Deirdre (Kelly Macdonald), to test her loyalty, but finds himself dumped for a bald, married banker (Michael McElhatton).
