Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 03/19/2004(USA
Release Date: 10/19/2004
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: MGM
In the suburbs of Dublin, more than a dozen strangers find their paths colliding in sometimes violent, sometimes absurd ways in
Intermission, the first feature from director
John Crowley. Setting the chain of events in motion is
Lehiff (
Colin Farrell), a small-time crook whose most recent petty theft has him on the run from
Jerry (
Colm Meaney), a self-aggrandizing police detective who's even more full of himself now that he's being constantly trailed by a TV news documentary crew. Meanwhile,
Lehiff's friend
John (
Cillian Murphy) is going though a trial breakup -- or "intermission," as he calls it -- with his girlfriend,
Deirdre (
Kelly Macdonald), who has promptly taken up with the older, more conventionally responsible bank manager
Sam (
Michael McElhatton). When
Lehiff suggests that the answer to all of his and
John's troubles is to set up
Sam and rob his vaults,
John's too eager to comply -- and their plan spells dire consequences for everyone in their immediate circle of relations. Also starring
David Wilmot,
Brian F. O'Byrne, and
Shirley Henderson,
Intermission had its premiere at the
Galway Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award, and secured berths at the
Edinburgh,
Telluride, and
Toronto festivals.
~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
;)
