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In 1965, Jimmy McMahon and his group of Liverpudlians plot to win the annual céilí music competition in Ireland.In 1965, Jimmy McMahon and his group of Liverpudlians plot to win the annual céilí music competition in Ireland.In 1965, Jimmy McMahon and his group of Liverpudlians plot to win the annual céilí music competition in Ireland.
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- TriviaAn Irish music competition such as the one portrayed in the film is called a "fleadh" (pronounced like "flahhh"). However, nobody uses this word in the movie.
- GoofsActually, speed limits etc in Irish road signage was not changed to kilometers until January of 2005 so the signage is correct for the period the film was made.
- ConnectionsReferences Roman Holiday (1953)
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Picture postcard Ireland as it never was.
Not much of a plot to this, most of my points are for the lovely Andrea Corr and the acting of the three brothers, Colm Meaney, Bernard Hill and Noel Bridgeman.
All plot lines are totally predictable if not contrived. The abandoning father, the bitter mother, the angry daughter. However, it is saved, and this is refreshing, by there being no mawkishness or melodrama.
Poor County Clare gets short shrift and never appears, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland stand in for it.
I don't know what the reasons for not filming it in today were. There are frequent references to the Beatles to remind us it is taking place in the sixties. But I know for a fact that a Clare man married five times in England and returning to County Clare in the sixties would have been met by the priest and run out of town on a rail as giving bad example to the young ones.
Also the single mother lying about her marital status (a widow), that was never clear, did she invent a man who died and a name for herself and her daughter? I don't like plot holes likes this. With such a simple storyline these should have been tightened up.
The ceili band and actors were badly out of synch in some of the scenes, feet tapping hopelessly out of rhythm. But that said all in all it was a pleasant little froth of a thing with lovely music.
7 out of 10.
All plot lines are totally predictable if not contrived. The abandoning father, the bitter mother, the angry daughter. However, it is saved, and this is refreshing, by there being no mawkishness or melodrama.
Poor County Clare gets short shrift and never appears, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland stand in for it.
I don't know what the reasons for not filming it in today were. There are frequent references to the Beatles to remind us it is taking place in the sixties. But I know for a fact that a Clare man married five times in England and returning to County Clare in the sixties would have been met by the priest and run out of town on a rail as giving bad example to the young ones.
Also the single mother lying about her marital status (a widow), that was never clear, did she invent a man who died and a name for herself and her daughter? I don't like plot holes likes this. With such a simple storyline these should have been tightened up.
The ceili band and actors were badly out of synch in some of the scenes, feet tapping hopelessly out of rhythm. But that said all in all it was a pleasant little froth of a thing with lovely music.
7 out of 10.
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- Sep 12, 2005
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- Also known as
- The Boys and Girl from County Clare
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- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $142,872
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,856
- Mar 13, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $151,869
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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