Consistently unpredictable and sneakily charming, this ensemble comedy-drama-romance-crime picture charts the intersecting paths of diverse Dubliners united by their fumbling pursuit of love and happiness. The fulcrum is Deirdre (Kelly Macdonald), whose handsome but none-too-bright boyfriend, John (Cillian Murphy), decides to test her love by suggesting they take a break from their relationship. Determined not to fall apart like her embittered sister, Sally (Shirley Hendersen), who crawled home to mother after a grotesque breakup, heartbroken Deirdre pulls herself together and finds a new boyfriend in married, middle-aged bank manager Sam (Michael McElhatton). Alread...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
116 mins