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Everlasting Piece (PG)
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| Tookey's Rating |
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2
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4.75
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| Starring |
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Colm: Barry McEvoy, George: Brian F. O'Byrne, Bronagh: Anna Friel
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Directed by:
Barry Levinson
Written by:
Barry McEvoy
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| Released: |
2000 |
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| Genre: |
BLACK COMEDY
COMEDY
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| Origin: |
US |
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| Colour: |
C |
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| Length: |
109 |
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Two Belfast barbers - one Catholic (Barry McEvoy, pictured right), one Protestant (Brian F. O'Byrne, pictured left) - take over the non-sectarian wig-selling business of a Scottish serial killer (Billy Connolly, overacting horribly in a nonsensical role). They become known as "The Piece People". |
Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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| A bewildering attempt at quirky comedy by American director Barry "Rain Man" Levinson, in all too obviously unfamiliar territory. It is just about possible to see that Bill Forsyth in his prime might have made something of this flimsy whimsy, but Levinson's approach is heavy-handed and humourless. The two leads, one of whom (McEvoy) wrote the thing, are devoid of charm. The pretty and by no means untalented Anna Friel, as their girlfriend, jigs about as valiantly as Hans Zimmer's score, but both are defeated by the depressing cluelessness that surrounds them. The background of para-military brutality and religious bigotry kills off any lingering possibilities of laughter. A disaster. | |
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