Plot
A variety of losers in Dublin have harrowingly farcical intersecting stories of love, greed and violence.
Release Year: 2003
Rating: 6.8/10 (9,613 voted)
Critic's Score: 64/100
Director:
John Crowley
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Kelly Macdonald, Colin Farrell
Storyline Intermission is an urban love story about people adrift and their convoluted journeys in the search for some kind of love. When the desperately insecure and emotionally inarticulate John breaks up with Deirdre to 'give her a little test' his plan backfires leaving her broken-hearted and him alone and miserable. Through chance and coincidence, their break-up triggers a roller coaster ride of interweaving escapades in the lives of everyone around them. Intermission presents a slice of life, the passage between breaking up and making up, exploring how our lives intersect, and the power we all possess to affect the lives of those around us.
Cast: Colin Farrell
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Lehiff
Kerry Condon
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Café Waitress
Johnny Thompson
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Old Man in Café
Emma Bolger
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Child with Ice Cream
Deirdre Molloy
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Woman in Shopping Mall
Cillian Murphy
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John
Brían F. O'Byrne
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Mick
Derry Power
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Elderly Man on Bus
David Wilmot
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Oscar
Owen Roe
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Mr. Henderson
Neilí Conroy
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Helen
Kelly Macdonald
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Deirdre
John Rogan
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Alfred
Tom Farrelly
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George
Gerry Moore
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Seamus Ruane
Opening Weekend: £146,220
(UK)
(31 August 2003)
(28 Screens)
Gross: $889,857
(USA)
(6 June 2004)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
Canada:
(Toronto International Film Festival)
Did You Know?
Trivia: Colin Farrell performs "I Fought The Law" over the end credits.
Quotes: Jerry Lynch:
You just don't have the requisite Celtic soul, man.
User Review
see this with someone who is as cynical as you
Rating: 9/10
to be honest, the first scene sums this movie up, it's a punch in the
face. you have to have a very dry sense of humor to like this movie, i
don't think it was made for the usual "american" market. our culture is
geared toward in your face comedy, like old school or dodge ball, where
subtle darker humor about everyday life gets lost. husbands leave
wives, people get fired from terrible jobs, and in general have crappy
lives. but it is up to us to enjoy what we have, and finding the
strength to keep on going no matter what, and this movie is like that.
it has an all star cast, from Colin Farrell to Colm Meany, Shirley
Henderson to Cillian Murphy they all shine like the stars they are.
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