The Age of Commercialism

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Brilliant film. One adults and children can see and enjoy. Dramedy at it's best. Not heavy handed about the larger themes. Music is just fantastic,sly and recalls famous westerns, but not intrusively. The color of the film looks like the period too. 1970's Belfast. The whole thing is done very well. I had trouble understanding the Northern Ireland thick accents at first -then just went along for the ride. The kids were so believable and the adults especially Julie Walters, Cirain Hinds and Susan Lynch worked with the kids, they seemed like real parents. Why didn't we get to see this in the U.S.? Accents? Saw this in UK and waited for it to come to US. Anyone know where I can get a copy?

I Laughed out loud nearly every 5 seconds at this film. As said in the summary "It is bloody excellent". It has many memorable moments and even more memorable quotes my personal favourite being "we had to sell him to the gypsies for money" watch it despite th 1* votes some people have posted :( . This is definitely one to own on DVD fun for all the family (if none of your family are under the age of 15) Brief plot summary : Two young Irish lads one catholic(mickeybo) one protistent(me) meet coincidently when Mickeybo is chased by bully's (in a hilarious scene) into the other side of Ireland. He meets a young boy, they both become friends and share a obsession with Butch Cassidy after a movie. They plan to run to Australia and end up being ensued by Ireland's finest !!

I love this film. I hired it out from the video shop on a whim and it completely blew me away. The acting of the two young boys is the best that I've ever seen from children, Mickybo in particular stole every scene that he was in. The locations may not have been geographically correct but the scenery was gorgeous and complimented the two stars.Though some have said that it is contrived and clichéd, to me this film is wonderful. It's a beautiful story about two different boys who become friends, discover their differences, and learn a bit about life.I showed it to a friend of mine and now he won't give it back!

This film was so enjoyable. It was great fun to name all the names of places we knew, a real nostalgia trip even for those of us who weren't around in 1970s Belfast.It had two huge problems with it however. Julie Walters and Gina McKee. Did the directors feel that some household names would be useful? Why do they feel the need to insert Julie Walters in to every single 'working class regional woman' role? Their accents were rubbish, slipping into the 'begorras' at every opportunity. Do they even know that a Belfast Protestant and Belfast Catholic accent can sound very different? Julie Walters couldn't even get the intonation right for God's sake, and she was far too old. Gina McKee was a lot better but still left so much to be desired. There is such a healthy arts scene, and no shortage of good actresses in the region, it really disgusted me to see Julie Walters shoved into a role and expect me to accept her performance as any more that mediocre, and patronising in the extreme to expect the Northen Ireland audience to accept her as 'one of their own'.