The wry Irish wit sits like froth on the head of a glass of Guinness, masking a deceptively bitter brew.
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03/11/08
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... [More]
Starring: Robin Wright, Aidan Quinn, Albert Finney, Milo O'Shea
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
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Reviews for The Playboys
The movie seems determined to match our expectations, instead of challenging them.
01/01/00
Top CriticNot amazing but watchable.
03/11/08
No review available.
10/04/02
No review available.
09/05/03
The Playboys is low-key and disarming, and its appeal sneaks up on you.
01/01/00
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.
06/21/07
Rfeveals the delights and the drawbacks of small town life.
07/18/03
With time, place and mood sensitively evoked, this is solid, intelligent entertainment, mercifully free of the usual 'Oirish' clichés.
06/24/06
A movie of surprising charm and resonance.
01/01/00
Top CriticMr. 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.
05/20/03
Top CriticThis absorbing film boasts several outstanding performances as well as a richness in both story and character that is much too rare these days.
03/11/08
This bit of blarney depicts a sweet, silly love triangle in 1950s provincial Ireland.
05/26/06
It seems like everyone had a ball; I know I did.
03/11/08
Top CriticNo review available.
07/28/05
No review available.
10/09/03
All in all, The Playboys is an Irish treat.
01/01/00
There's magic in it.
03/06/05
Top CriticNo review available.
07/29/02
No review available.
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