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Pavee Lackeen Reviews

2005

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Ten-year-old Winnie (Winnie Maughan) lives with her mother and siblings in a dilapidated trailer on the side of the road in a desolate industrialized area of contemporary Dublin. Following Winnie through several weeks of her life she struggles with her identity as a young Traveller girl, Pavee Lackeen dispels stereotypes to .. Read more

Starring	Winnie Maughan, Michael Collins, Paddy Maughan, Rose Maughan
Director	Perry Ogden
Genres	Drama

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- British photographer Perry Ogden spent several years snapping traveller-kids in Dublinâs Smithfield Market before... read more on Time Out
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  Well worth a look
  
  A documentary syle look at the Irish Traveller community where the characters are more or less played by themselves. There is not an awful lot in the way of ... read more »
  
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  - Wales
  - 20 Feb 2006 at 09:27
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- - 0
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  pavee lackeen
  
  Fly on the wall...very Ken Loachy....charming and sad insight into a young traveller girl's life.
  
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  - Dude0203
  - 71 reviews
  - Wirral
  - 22 Nov 2009 at 19:50
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  Pavee Lackeen
  
  I don't know where this film came from as I didn't request it, however I watched it. What a load of bunkum!! Couldn't understand much of the ... read more »
  
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- - grassypip
  - 5 reviews
  - Burry Port
  - 27 May 2009 at 16:16
- - 1
  - 1
  BORED ME TO TEARS
  
  Please don't send me another film like that. I absolutely hated it.
  
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- - loriintheworld
  - 3 reviews
  - London
  - 09 Feb 2009 at 10:13
- - 0
  - 0
  Pavee Lackeen ethical problems
  
  I like community films. Everyone has a voice, and I grow by hearing them. But was unhappy about the solvent abuse scene by under age actors. I suspect this was ... read more »
  
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  - Reading
  - 09 Jan 2009 at 21:49
- - 2
  - 0
  Nice idea rubbish film
  
  Dont bother rubbish, badly acted no plot terrible waste of time
  
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  - manchester
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 21:45
- - 1
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  Pavee Lackeen
  
  A friend of mine had told me how good this was and I was looking forward to watching it. Unfortunately I didn't feel the same way, I watched about a third ... read more »
  
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- - Gig
  - 41 reviews
  - London
  - 23 Jul 2008 at 04:17
- - 3
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  great acting
  
  I still dont know whether I liked this film or not.Most of the time I had to put the subtitles on to understand the diolog.And I lived in Ireland for a number ... read more »
  
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- - bomberberdier
  - 61 reviews
  - Blackpool
  - 01 Jul 2008 at 19:02
- - 0
  - 0
  interesting and informative, but not emotionally moving
  
  Knowing very little about travellers in Ireland, I found this film interesting and informative. I found some of the conditions which Winnie had to endure ... read more »
  
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- - philly
  - 26 reviews
  - Frome
  - 05 Jun 2008 at 15:19
- - 2
  - 0
  Utterly dull
  
  I was intrigued to view some Irish cinema as this was the first film I had come across. I wasnt sure what to expect but imagined a low budget, working class ... read more »
  
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  - Barnsley
  - 03 Mar 2008 at 19:07
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  An observation of traveller life in Ireland
  
  The story of Winnie, a young Irish girl from the travelling community. Filmed documentary style and using mainly non-professional actors, including a number of ... read more »
  
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  - McClennan
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  - 22 Aug 2007 at 10:53
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- - 13
  - 1
  Well worth a look
  
  A documentary syle look at the Irish Traveller community where the characters are more or less played by themselves. There is not an awful lot in the way of ... read more »
  
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- 208891
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  - Wales
  - 20 Feb 2006 at 09:27
- - 7
  - 0
  fortune
  
  This film is a slice of life and concentrates on young Winnie (one of a family of 'travelling people') who lives on the periphery of, a contrasting, ... read more »
  
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- - Harriet Barbir
  - London
  - 14 Apr 2007 at 11:43
- - 6
  - 1
  Good
  
  Good in its own right. There is no particular beginning, middle and end to this film. Thats because its a true to life film of travelling folk. It gives you ... read more »
  
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- - avdav
  - 10 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 08 Jul 2006 at 11:54
- - 3
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  Sobering and graphic
  
  A sobering and graphic illustration of the marginalisation of the Irish travelling community in modern Ireland (although the story will ring true throughout ... read more »
  
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- - maxwurr
  - 119 reviews
  - Middlesex
  - 21 Jan 2007 at 21:36
- - 3
  - 0
  great acting
  
  I still dont know whether I liked this film or not.Most of the time I had to put the subtitles on to understand the diolog.And I lived in Ireland for a number ... read more »
  
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- - bomberberdier
  - 61 reviews
  - Blackpool
  - 01 Jul 2008 at 19:02
- - 3
  - 1
  A poor nights viewing
  
  Very disappointing after the good reviews. It was a hand held camera job badly filmed and edited which followed an Irish romany family using a documentary ... read more »
  
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  - Reading, England
  - 05 Jan 2007 at 18:16
- - 3
  - 1
  Faulty disc
  
  I could not play this disc. When I attempted to run it I received a message 'Incorrect disc' so I am returning it.
  
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  - Tunbridge Wells
  - 11 Feb 2007 at 16:16
- - 2
  - 0
  Could have been more
  
  I am not sure what to make of this film. Shot in documentary style I kept waiting for a voice over to kick in! A good touch of authenticity by having the ... read more »
  
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  - Tir Eoghain, Ireland
  - 19 Sep 2006 at 18:30
- - 2
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  Utterly dull
  
  I was intrigued to view some Irish cinema as this was the first film I had come across. I wasnt sure what to expect but imagined a low budget, working class ... read more »
  
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  - Barnsley
  - 03 Mar 2008 at 19:07
- - 2
  - 0
  Nice idea rubbish film
  
  Dont bother rubbish, badly acted no plot terrible waste of time
  
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  - manchester
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 21:45

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  Ten-year-old Winnie (Winnie Maughan) lives with her mother and siblings in a dilapidated trailer on the side of the road in a desolate industrialized area of contemporary Dublin. Following Winnie through several weeks of her life she struggles with her identity as a young Traveller girl, Pavee ...