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Intermission (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 94 Fresh: 69  Rotten:25 Average Rating: 6.6/10
 
Consensus: An edgy and energetic ensemble story.
 

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Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Theatrical Release: Mar 19, 2004 Limited

Box Office: $755,118

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Colin Farrell, Kelly MacDonald, Colm Meaney, David Wilmot

Director: John Crowley
Screenwriter: Mark O'Rowe
Producer: Neil Jordan, Alan Moloney, Stephen Woolley

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 19, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region (unknown)
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Surround Sound 5.1 English

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A direção bem-humorada e a montagem ágil exploram bem o ótimo roteiro e o elenco impecável.

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A gritty Irish Love Actually. No, you heard right...

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03/05/05
Ethan Alter
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Dizzily paced and structured, the Irish import Intermission charms with a never-let-‘em-see-you-sweat exuberance

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09/30/04
Jay Antani
Los Angeles Alternative
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The great thing about Intermission is that you barely have time to spot the gaps.

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08/01/04
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
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...the performances keep things moving, even through some of the more superfluous moments.

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06/27/04
David Nusair
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Una de esas que, al salir de la sala, te deja con la maravillosa sensación de haber disfrutado una buena película.

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06/13/04
Alex Ramirez
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A well-acted and interesting dark comedy, but the convoluted writing becomes the big drawback.

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05/31/04
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
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Not real Irish, but the movie kind: the latest to stumble off the [John] Ford assembly-line.

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05/28/04
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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It doesn't add up to much profundity and tries too hard to be amusingly quirky.

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05/28/04
Jim Slotek
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Such are the dangers of teaching foreign cultures to yelp like Reservoir Dogs.

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05/28/04
Stephen Cole
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Attentive viewers will be rewarded with several intriguing story lines, a host of fine performances and a darn good time at the movies.

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05/14/04
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal
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Intermission may be more Love Actually-familiar than Robert Altman-intricate but is ultimately engaging on its own terms.

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04/29/04
Duane Dudek
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Enjoyable and surprisingly touching.

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04/29/04
Phoebe Flowers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Intermission bursts with the energy of a documentary filmed on the run with a stolen camera.

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04/24/04
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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It's a Gaelic "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon."

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04/19/04
John Larsen
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It's a sign of a well-written movie when all of the individual episodes carry equal weight.

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04/19/04
Matt Brunson
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