Movie Description
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.
| Credits | | Producer: | Alan Moloney, Neil Jordan, Stephen Woolley | | Cast: | David Wilmot, Ger Ryan, Shirley Henderson |
Notes
DVD Features:
Region (unknown)
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Surround Sound 5.1 English, IN THEATRES: MARCH 19, 2004 (NY)
Editorial Reviews
"[B]racing as well as endearing. And what a cast....They all look like they're having a ball..."
Premiere - Glenn Kenny (04/10/2004)
"The film hums with energy, yet it has an unhurried feeling."
Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum (03/26/2004)
"INTERMISSION pulls Irish cinema kicking and screaming into the 21st century."
Uncut - Gavin Martin (12/01/2003)
"[A]ltogether compelling....The tangle of intersecting lives is what keeps the movie thorny and forces the actors to stay alert."
New York Times - Elvis Mitchell (03/19/2004)
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