Intermission – John Crowley

un'opera prima riuscita, con attori importanti, come Cillian Murphy, Colm Meaney, Colin Farrell.
divertente spesso, è anche una commedia  nera, di gag e di sfortune varie.
c'è anche un ragazzino che è meglio non incontrare mai.
non sarà un capolavoro, ma si vede bene, promesso - Ismaele

…siamo di fronte invece a un intreccio di vicende quotidiane ambientate nella Dublino dei giorni nostri, che s'intrecciano fra loro: un teppista alla perenne ricerca di guai, un paio di sfaticati commessi di supermercato uno dei quali lasciato dalla fidanzata per un direttore di banca di mezza età, un poliziotto dalla mano un po' troppo pesante; i primi tre organizzano una rapina ai danni del direttore di banca, ma le cose - grazie anche all'intervento del rude poliziotto, protagonista proprio in quegli attimi di un documentario sul crimine - prenderanno una piega un po' grottesca…

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… The movie is astonishing in the way it shifts gears, again like Tarantino. There are scenes of sudden, brutal violence. Scenes of broad comedy (especially involving the detective's attempts to be "CSI" when he was born to be "Starsky and Hutch"). Moments of raw truth, as when an older woman at a pickup bar tells a younger man exactly how she feels. Moments of poignancy, as when John tries to win back Deidre by saying all the things he should have told her in the first place. And moments of exquisitely bad timing, as when the bank manager unzips his pants in the living room just as Deidre's mother walks in.

It's interesting how the stars fit right into the ensemble. Not only Farrell but Meaney have famous faces for American audiences, and devoted moviegoers will recognize Macdonald from "Trainspotting" and Henderson from the wonderful "Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself" (although they will have to be especially devoted in the many cities where "Wilbur" hasn't opened yet). What all of these actors do is fit seamlessly into the large cast, returning in some cases to the accents and body language of their pre-acting days. "Intermission" is a virtuoso act from beginning to end, juggling violence and farce, coincidence and luck, characters with good hearts and others evil to the core. In a movie filled with incredulities, the only detail I was absolutely unable to accept is that brown sauce tastes good in coffee.

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