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Kisses (2010)

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Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 52
Fresh: 44 | Rotten: 8

Although admittedly sleight, this gritty but tender coming-of-age Irish drama features some impressive work both in front, and behind the camera.

Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 2

Although admittedly sleight, this gritty but tender coming-of-age Irish drama features some impressive work both in front, and behind the camera.

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A pair of young runaways find both beauty and danger in the big city in an evocative drama from writer and director Lance Daly. Dylan (Shane Curry) is an 11-year-old boy growing up with an alcoholic father who often uses his children as punching bags. One day, Dylan decides he can take no more, and he makes plans to run away from home. His close friend Kylie (Kelly O'Neill), a girl of ten living next door, is also the product of an abusive family, and when she learns that Dylan is leaving home,

Unrated, 1 hr. 22 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International

Directed By: Lance Daly

Written By: Lance Daly

In Theaters: Jul 16, 2010 Wide

On DVD: Oct 26, 2010

Box Office:$81.3k

Oscilloscope Pictures

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Cast

Kelly O'Neill
Kylie
Shane Curry
Dylan
Paul Roe
Dylan's Da
Neili Conroy
Dylan's Ma
David Bendito
Dredger Captain
Roy Dempsey
Mini Moto Rider
Aaron Courtney
Mini Moto Rider
Cathy Malone
Kylie's Ma
Stephanie Kelly
Kylie's Sister
Maria De Bri
Kylie's Baby Sister
Niall Martin
Kylie's Brother #1
Michael Hunt
Kylie's Brother #2
Shauna Kelly
Rude Girl #1
Krista Greene
Rude Girl #2
Shannon Lysaght
Rude Girl #3
Sean McDonagh
Uncle Maurice
Hilda Fay
Anita
Willie Higgins
The Sackman
Neili Conro
Elizabeth Fuh
Jose Jimanez

Critic Reviews for Kisses

All Critics (52) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (8) | DVD (1)

A coming-of-age drama so Irish you'll want to take out your Pogues' lyric sheets beforehand to brush up on Gaelic mumbling.

November 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Stephen Cole

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

What the writer and director, Lance Daly, means as some kind of transporting urban adventure for them is a disenchanting slog for us.

August 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

Top Critic

It's arresting.

July 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle

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Amy Biancolli

Houston Chronicle

Top Critic

A marginally sweet movie about two woebegone Irish kids.

July 23, 2010 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor

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Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Top Critic

Rewarding tale of two kids loose on Dublin's mean streets with outstanding performances.

July 19, 2010 Comment

Ray Bennett

Hollywood Reporter

Top Critic

Terrific non-pro actors Kelly O'Neill (Kylie) and Shane Curry (Dylan) are the backbone of the film, directed by Lance Daly, who says as a kid he thought of running away.

July 19, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Post

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

Top Critic

It's exciting, sweet, gritty and generally just a joy to watch.

March 1, 2011 Full Review Source: What Culture

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Mike Edwards

What Culture Source: What Culture

There are undoubtedly more dark days ahead for Kylie and Dylan, but in Kisses, we see the beginning of character forged by circumstance.

November 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies

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Jim Slotek

Jam! Movies

In writer-director Lance Daly�s lens, downtown Dublin is like a modern-day Oz � and the movie even starts by showing the kids� dreary home life in black-and-white, slowly moving to full color.

October 9, 2010 Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune

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Sean Means

Salt Lake Tribune

Sincere and vulnerable, aching with youthful insight

September 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

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Jeff Meyers

Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Cute but foul-mouthed, tough but vulnerable and obviously crazy about each other in a reticent way, these kids are a wonderful presence, giving the most contrived scenes genuine emotion and a veneer of realness.

August 13, 2010 Full Review Source: Oregonian

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Stan Hall

Oregonian

A darkling, modern-day fairy tale and lyrical coming-of-age story, Irish filmmaker Lance Daly's 2008 film "Kisses" is a small gem.

August 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Boston Herald

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James Verniere

Boston Herald

When it's not trite, Kisses can be refreshing in its realism.

August 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix

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Zak Jason

Boston Phoenix

Lance Daly's Ireland is not the scenic Irish wonderland of Ondine.

August 3, 2010 Full Review Source: East Bay Express

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

A blend of gritty realism sand magical fantasy that's undoubtedly calculated but still deeply satisfying.

August 3, 2010 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Dorothy parachutes into Dublin in search of the Wizard but there is no place like home.

August 2, 2010 Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics

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Ron Wilkinson

Monsters and Critics

Exquisitely-shot and deeply affecting with just the right balance of humor, sweetness and grittiness. Newcomers Kelly O'Neill and Shane Curry shine in raw, heartfelt and charismatic performances.

July 17, 2010 Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

A Xmas where neverending nightmares instead of sugarplums dance in children's heads

July 17, 2010 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

There's nothing so frustrating as a small movie, made by a clearly gifted filmmaker, that flies close to magic only to be sternly jerked back to earth.

July 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Movieline

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Stephanie Zacharek

Movieline

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The shifting contrast and saturation of color throughout was used creatively to show the dull/scary home life and exciting/scary life on the streets of the young heroes. Shane as Dylan is a quiet boy whose father can get violent. Kelly as Kylie, his neighbor, is expressive and very visually interesting from the

August 30, 2010

Byron Brubaker

Super Reviewer

Irish movie KISSES was one typical and enjoyable road movie with a very simple plot set around Christmas time in the streets of Dublin. It followed the adventures of two children Dylan (Shane Curry) and Kylie (Kelly O'Neill), who are neighbors, and they decided to run away from their awful family on Christmas Day.It

December 12, 2010

Daisy Maduro

Super Reviewer

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