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  • My Name Is Joe
  • My Name Is Joe review by from Glasgow, Scotland
    Rated - 4 stars Heart of Glasgow 25 March 2004
    ...the surface. You will not need sub-titles to understand this film. Just look in Peter Mullan's eyes. ...  
  • The Magdalene Sisters
  • The Magdalene Sisters review by from Wokingham
    Rated - 5 stars Oscar worthy and not to be missed 10 October 2003
    ...Catholic-raised actor-turned-director Peter Mullan's scathing condemnation of what he calls 'one of the great injustices of the second half of the 20th century' is harsh an...  
  • Young Adam
  • Young Adam review by from Cheshire
    Rated - 4 stars You'll love it or hate it 28 July 2005
    ...raphy, and the performances are generally excellent, those of Tilda Swinton and Peter Mullan being particularly outstanding. A number of reviewers have asked why so many s...  

Peter Mullan - filmography


  • The Last Legion on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Ben Kingsley,  Aishwarya Rai
    Director: Doug Lefler
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Empire is being held to ransom by the Barbarians. On the eve of the coronation of the 12-year-old Romulus Augustus, his mentor, the shaman Ambrosinus (Ben Kingsley), predicts disaster. His worst fears are realised as the Goths sack the once-great city of Rome and capture the last Emperor and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 13,427 members
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  • On A Clear Day on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Peter Mullan,  Billy Boyd,  Brenda Blethyn
    Director: Gaby Dellal
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A man who finds himself out of work at fifty-five, finds a new lease of life when his friend happens to mention in idle conversation swimming to France. The preparation for the challenging feat is kept secret from his loved ones...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 5,863 members
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  • Blinded on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jodhi May,  Peter Mullan,  Anders W. Berthelsen
    Director: Eleanor Yule
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Danish backpacker Mike Hammershoi (Anders W. Berthelsen) is running from a dark secret. One night, while travelling through the Scottish borders, he stops at Black’s estate hoping to find some work. There, he encounters blind farm-owner Francis Black (Peter Mullan) and his elderly mother Bella (..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 776 members
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  • Kiss Of Life on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Peter Mullan,  Millie Findlay,  David Warner
    Director: Emily Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Writer-director Emily Young's BAFTA-winning debut is an incredibly moving story of love, death and grief. John (Peter Mullen) has been an aid worker in a war-torn area of Eastern Europe and is about to return home to his wife and children back in London who are anxiously waiting for his safe return...read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 152 members
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  • Young Adam on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Tilda Swinton,  Emily Mortimer
    Director: David Mackenzie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    YOUNG ADAM is David McKenzie's adaptation of Alexander Trocchi's novel, a romantic murder mystery set on a barge in the canals of Scotland. Lovely photography by Giles Nuttgens, complemented by a lonely score by David Byrne, provides a picturesque backdrop for what is otherwise a seedy story of ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 5,946 members
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  • My Name Is Joe on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Peter Mullan,  Louise Goodall,  David McKay
    Director: Ken Loach
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Peter Mullan (ORPHANS, MISS JULIE) won the Best Actor award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as Joe Kavanagh, a recovering alcoholic in his late thirties. Like half the people in his impoverished Glasgow neighborhood, he's unemployed and struggles to get by between odd jobs and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 3,279 members
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  • Orphans on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Douglas Henshall,  Gary Lewis,  Stephen McCole
    Director: Peter Mullan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The star of Ken Loach's MY NAME IS JOE, Mullan proves that his talent isn't relegated to acting. As a writer/director, he has crafted a supremely entertaining motion picture. ORPHANS tells the grittily realistic, hysterical, and deeply moving tale of a group of siblings who reunite in Glasgow on ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 694 members
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  • Shallow Grave on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Ewan McGregor,  Kerry Fox
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After three Edinburgh roommates (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox) finally choose a new roommate they can live with, they find him dead on the floor with a suitcase full of cash. While trying to remove the body and extricate themselves from the situation, they wade hip-deep into ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 14,360 members
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Peter Mullan facts

5 most recent films

Fixer, The - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
The Last Legion - 3.0 stars
True North - 3.0 stars
On A Clear Day - 3.0 stars
Blinded - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Boy A - 4.5 stars
Shallow Grave - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Fixer, The - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Shallow Grave - 3.5 stars
The Magdalene Sisters - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Fixer - Series 2 - 3 stars
True North - 3.0 stars
Cinema 16 - European Short Films - 4.0 stars
Blinded - 2.0 stars
Kiss Of Life - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Gary Lewis - 3 times - show films
Ewan McGregor - 3 times - show films
Colin McCredie - 2 times - show films
Jody Latham - 2 times - show films
Christopher Eccleston - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Danny Boyle - 2 times - show films
Lars Von Trier - 1 times - show films
Michael Winterbottom - 1 times - show films
Doug Lefler - 1 times - show films
Krzysztof Kieslo - 1 times - show films