A South Central, LA con-artist (Eddie Griffin) finds that his rhyming skills can pay off in the least likely of venues after winning a poetry contest staged by a financially strapped Irish town. Read more
| Starring | Eddie Griffin, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Anna Friel, Angus Barnett |
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| Director | John Eyres |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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A South Central, LA con-artist (Eddie Griffin) finds that his rhyming skills can pay off in the least likely of venues after winning a poetry contest staged by a financially strapped Irish town.
| Starring | Eddie Griffin, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Anna Friel, Angus Barnett, James Bradshaw, Ray Callaghan, Christopher Dunne, Tom Georgeson, Togo Igawa, Kevin McNally, Cathy Murphy, Marion O'Dwyer, Petey Pablo, Tallulah Pitt-Brown, Dudley Sutton |
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| Director | John Eyres |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Jan 2008 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
This 'Irish' film was filmed in Cornwall with mainly English actors with varying 'Oirish' accents, as well as in LA. The story of an African-American in Ireland has been dealt with in 'The Nephew', a real Irish film. This is largely played as farce but it's not very funny and is overly sentimental especially at the end. Kevin McNally has great fun as the pantomime 'English' villain. It's hard to see who this is aimed at as it is a mixture of two genres. Perhaps people who don't know where Ireland is. Americans then.
This was an enjoyable film and my wife who loves all things 'Irish' rated it well.The {black } winner living in old Ireland had a voice which grated a little,and his character was a bit OTT, but the ending made up for it.She was absorbed with the unusual plot and thoroughly enjoyed the film. It was a new twist being similar to Black Knight.