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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.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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]

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

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Colin Farrell, Kelly MacDonald, Colm Meaney, David Wilmot, Brian F. O'Byrne, Shirley Henderson, Ger Ryan

Director: John Crowley

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

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Oct 19, 2004

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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
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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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
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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
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