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The Playboys (1992)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:19

Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: In a small Irish village, strong-willed Tara shocks the townspeople by having a baby out of wedlock and refusing to name the father. Despite her efforts to remain independent, she finds herself the... In a small Irish village, strong-willed Tara shocks the townspeople by having a baby out of wedlock and refusing to name the father. Despite her efforts to remain independent, she finds herself the object of desire of two very different suitors. When Tara chooses one of them, the other jealously forces them into a situation that will change their lives forever. [More]

Starring: Robin Wright, Aidan Quinn, Albert Finney, Milo O'Shea

Starring: Robin Wright, Aidan Quinn, Albert Finney, Milo O'Shea

Director: Gillies MacKinnon

Director: Gillies MacKinnon

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This familiar pattern of headstrong girl and passions brimming beneath the surface is well directed by first time Scottish helmer Gillies MacKinnon, though the pace slows in middle reels as plot gives way to the troupe's enjoyable stage performances.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/11/08
Variety Staff
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Variety
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Not amazing but watchable.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
03/11/08
Empire Magazine

The wry Irish wit sits like froth on the head of a glass of Guinness, masking a deceptively bitter brew.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
03/11/08
Channel 4 Film

It seems like everyone had a ball; I know I did.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
03/11/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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This absorbing film boasts several outstanding performances as well as a richness in both story and character that is much too rare these days.

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03/11/08
Jeff Menell
Jeff Menell
Hollywood Reporter
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The film is set in 1957, before TV and cars became popular, thus explaining the centrality of two institutions in the Irish village: the church and the theater.

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06/21/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

With time, place and mood sensitively evoked, this is solid, intelligent entertainment, mercifully free of the usual 'Oirish' clichés.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

This bit of blarney depicts a sweet, silly love triangle in 1950s provincial Ireland.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Combustible Celluloid

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07/28/05
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

There's magic in it.

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03/06/05
Peter Travers
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Rolling Stone
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04/24/04
Rich Cline
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10/09/03
Michael Szymanski
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09/05/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Rfeveals the delights and the drawbacks of small town life.

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07/18/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Mr. Finney, looking puffy and ravaged in the role of a man who has lost much of himself to drink (and whose obsessive interest in Tara somehow offers him the chance of redemption), brings a furious, buried intensity to Hegarty's longing.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
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Brian J. Arthurs
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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The Playboys is low-key and disarming, and its appeal sneaks up on you.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

A movie of surprising charm and resonance.

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01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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All in all, The Playboys is an Irish treat.

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01/01/00
Pamela Bruce
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