Intermission

Critics Consensus

An edgy and energetic ensemble story.

73%

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75%

Audience Score

User Ratings: 10,423
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Movie Info

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town. There's the hapless romantic and his sex-starved best friend, the hotshot detective and the crook he's after, a young girl on the rebound with an older married man--not to mention his deserted wife, an ambitious TV producer, an abandoned fiancée, a preteen trouble-maker--all of whom are unaware of how their choices are profoundly intertwined. Add a botched robbery, some brown sauce, a woman's moustache, flying rocks and dancing single seniors and you have "Intermission."

Cast

Colin Farrell
as Lehiff
Cillian Murphy
as John
Shirley Henderson
as Sally
Kelly Macdonald
as Deirdre
Colm Meaney
as Jerry
David Wilmot
as Oscar
Brian F. O'Byrne
as Mick
Michael McElhatton
as Sam
Deirdre O'Kane
as Noeleen
Owen Roe
as Mr. Henderson
Ger Ryan
as Maura
Tom O'Sullivan
as Ben
Neili Conroy
as Helen
Taylor Molloy
as Philip
Tomas O'Suilleabhain
as Ben Campion
Kerry Condon
as Cafe Waitress
Johnny Thompson
as Old Man in Cafe
Emma Bolger
as Child With Ice Cream
Deirdre Molloy
as Woman in Mall
Derry Power
as Elderly Man on Bus
John Rogan
as Alfred
Tom Farrelly
as George
Gerry Moore
as Seamus
Pat Laffan
as Charlie O'Brien
Darragh Kelly
as Thomas
Barbara Bergin
as Karen
Tom Jordan Murphy
as Brian the Video Store Clerk
Conor Lovett
as Mr. Leonard
Rory Keenan
as Anthony
Pascal Scott
as Maurice
Hannah McCabe
as Store Assistant
Mikel Murfi
as Rabbit Man
Conleth Hill
as Robert
Norma Sheahan
as Student No.1
Cathy Belton
as Student No.2
Jeremy Anthony Earle
as Student No. 3
Catherine Farrell
as Student No. 4
Laurence Kinlan
as Dealer
Patrick Murray
as Dealer's Customer
Conor McDermottroe
as Detective No. 1
Denis Conway
as Detective No. 2
Jeff O'Toole
as Thomas
Conor Lambert
as Nightclub Barman
Simon Delaney
as Bill
Ruth McCabe
as Celia
Jane Brennan
as Mrs. Rooney
David Herlihy
as Security Guard Tony
Michael Hayes
as Garda Officer
Karl Shiels
as Wayne
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Critic Reviews for Intermission

All Critics (96) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (70) | Rotten (26)

  • The great thing about Intermission is that you barely have time to spot the gaps.

    Aug 1, 2004

    Anthony Lane

    New Yorker
    Top Critic

  • Not real Irish, but the movie kind: the latest to stumble off the [John] Ford assembly-line.

    May 28, 2004 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Geoff Pevere

    Toronto Star
    Top Critic

  • Such are the dangers of teaching foreign cultures to yelp like Reservoir Dogs.

    May 28, 2004 | Rating: 2/4

    Stephen Cole

    Globe and Mail
    Top Critic

  • Intermission bursts with the energy of a documentary filmed on the run with a stolen camera.

    Apr 24, 2004 | Rating: 3/4

    Carrie Rickey

    Philadelphia Inquirer
    Top Critic

  • Intermission is the first movie in ages to show us what Irish native Hollywood star Farrell is capable of.

    Apr 16, 2004 | Rating: 4/5

    Roger Moore

    Orlando Sentinel
    Top Critic

  • One of those films that should keep you entirely entertained but that disappears from memory almost immediately.

    Apr 9, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Terry Lawson

    Detroit Free Press
    Top Critic
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Audience Reviews for Intermission

  • Jul 15, 2012
    Lots of great stories and plots and reveals and quirks and weirdnesses, but I can't say I remember much of it all.
    Alice S Super Reviewer
  • Nov 29, 2011
    Intermission follows in the footsteps of many comedies before its time. It presents to us a handful of characters and their tales, and then proceeds to connect them together through a string of seemingly unrelated events. It's clever in its own way, though. The characters are likable enough to catch our attention, the situations they are involved in are realistic and relatable, and on top of all of that, it's funny. What I liked the most about Intermission is that it doesn't try to convince me that it was a great film. It did what I did and even though I may not have liked a particular scene or two, I enjoyed the film for its pure absurdity. I also liked how honest it was. How honest its characters and the words they spoke were.
    Stephen E Super Reviewer
  • Oct 21, 2011
    Intermission follows in the footsteps of many comedies before its time. It presents to us a handful of characters and their tales, and then proceeds to connect them together through a string of seemingly unrelated events. It's clever in its own way, though. The characters are likable enough to catch our attention, the situations they are involved in are realistic and relatable, and on top of all of that, it's funny. What I liked the most about Intermission is that it doesn't try to convince me that it was a great film. It did what I did and even though I may not have liked a particular scene or two, I enjoyed the film for its pure absurdity. I also liked how honest it was. How honest its characters and the words they spoke were.
    Stephen E Super Reviewer
  • Jan 11, 2010
    A very interesting ensemble drama. I loved a lot about most of the stories, but there were some that were not so great. It had a great sense of humor thrown in that was brilliantly played out by the actors. Cillian Murphy was definitely the standout, being a completely lovable loser.
    Conner R Super Reviewer
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