museumofdave
An enjoyable ninety minutes, an amiable film about youth, about growing up in many ways, about learning to getting along, a bit sentimental without being stupidly weepy, and a bit violent without indulging in bloodletting because it might be cool.Two young men, strangers, share a flat in Limerick out of convenience and learn to live with differences--but not easily--as is true with life, education is often not in a classroom, and the lead lad gets in some disturbing situations that are not merely illegal. The actors obviously had fun making the film, and that communicates to the viewer--being that it's authentic Irish, I thought subtitles might be in order as they sometimes are with brogues and dialects (Last Orders, for instance), but it's clear sailing, with a few plot complexities but an easy watch featuring likable characters.
Madam Bomb
Despite it's good intentions this movie is completely pat. It's writing is absolutely obvious, and the "surprises" are utterly tragic attempts for moral or social or cultural redemption or something, or nothing.It's just a piece of . . . The writing at times devolves into such cliché that it is almost unbelievable that the actors could say such lines with straight faces. The actors, by the way, are the best part of it all, poor things. My heart goes out to them for having to suffer through the dialogue. They should be given awards for making this "After School Special Movie of the Week" seem life-like. Sadly in the end it just doesn't work, it's dead on arrival. Avoid this one at all costs.
agnesefiducia
I LOVE COWBOYS & ANGELS and the protagonist is very very beautiful actor and and an excellent actors! The history is actual in fact there are many young people in this situation. The movie can treat very good the themes presents on the movie: drugs, the friendship and many other.The movie have an excellent direction and excellent actors above protagonist. At the end of the movie win the friendship. That's good, a good friendship can help better more other solutions! Very good movies! The Italian title is "AMICI PER LA VITA" ,in English Amici Per la vita is FRIENDS FOR THE LIFE!So the Italien title resume the movie very well! I love COWBOYS & ANGELS AMICI PER LA VITA!
cantwell4
Now here's the right way to do a drama/comedy involving Ireland's drug scene. (Makers of Headrush, take note!) Shane is so young and fresh-faced that we instinctively want to take him on our lap and give him a big hug--even though he's 20. His mother gives him a religious medallion and frets as he moves into a flat in the middle of Limerick. And she's right to. Shane is a lost soul looking for something and/or someone to belong to. His flatmate Vincent, on the other hand, is très cool and seems to have everything under control. We think we know where things are heading, but not everything happens quite exactly the way we expect. Being a movie, things move in a clear arc and do end very tidily, but still this film gets at some real truths about what life is like for young Irish men these days. What seems strange for an Irish movie is its sense of optimism and its celebration of people finding themselves. Shane is played by Michael Legge, whose previous experience playing a Limerick character was as one of three actors to play the young Frank McCourt in Angela's Ashes. Here he makes a very convincing transformation from insecure youth to newly found self-confidence. Allen Leech is likewise convincing as Vincent, who does a queer-eye-for-the-straight-guy number on Shane. Also on hand are David Murray, playing a more menacing version of his character in Flick, and Frank Kelly, managing to erase his "Father Jack" image as Shane's co-worker who symbolizes the dead end of a safe path through life.
AD
