Brendan Gleeson,
Michael Angarano,
Tom Guiry,
Emily VanCamp,
Melissa Leo
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A young man struggles to grow up with principles as his family begins to self-destruct around him in this coming of age drama. Cole McKay (Michael Angarano) is a boy in his middle-teens growing up in ... read more
DVD Release Date: January 8, 2008
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Flixster Reviews (170)
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February 6, 2010Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Gulry, Melissa Leo, Emily VanCamp, Michael Rispoli, Francis Capra
DIRECTED BY BRAD GANN
Wow. This movie was not at all what I was expecting. it was much better then what I had anticipated. I thought it was just going to be based around... read more -
August 16, 2008Bravo! Loved it!!! Michael Angarano was great in here. This movie made me laugh and cry...lovely film.
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December 31, 2009Not as good as i thought it would be [based on the trailer] but it had some good performances. Tom Guiry was the highlight of the movie despite the fact that he for the most part he played a slightly subdued version of the character he played on the short-lived cult hit tv show T... read more
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November 25, 2008I really liked it and Angarano was really good. It's a pretty tough story, but a very neat watch.
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July 31, 2008Oh wow! I thought I had already rated this before. Hmmm.....this is definitely one of interest about a boy who struggles with the indifference of leaving childhood, entering adulthood. The story plot follows his pursuits of dealing with just about everything life tosses at him. F... read more
Critic Reviews
December 3, 2007
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
October 26, 2007
Los Angeles Times
Black Irish boasts many memorable scenes and fine characterizations but ultimately plays more like a series of snapshots come to life than as an organically satisfying story. Full Review
October 26, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
A small-bore Southie coming-of-age drama whose heart is just a bit bigger than its cliches. Full Review
October 30, 2007
David Noh, Film Journal International
Could almost be labeled a Gaelic minstrel show, so riddled is it with every conceivable cliché and stereotype ever associated with the sons of Eire. Full Review
October 25, 2007
Geoff Berkshire, Metromix.com
It'll be worth watching to see if [director Brad Gann] plays to his strengths on future projects. Full Review
October 25, 2007
Chad Greene, Boxoffice Magazine
The problem with Black Irish is that, like those photos shifted to cover the holes, not everything is hanging in quite the right place here. Full Review
October 25, 2007
Richard Horgan, FilmStew.com
Gleeson inhabits the character in such a way that one cannot help but wonder how many Irish fathers like this he has personally known. Full Review
October 25, 2007
Tim Grierson, L.A. Weekly
It's too sincere and thoughtful to be immediately dismissed. But it is terribly frustrating viewing: so much time and creative energy spent making a movie that, in one form or another, the audience ha... Full Review
October 24, 2007
Kam Williams, Leader Newspapers, New Jersey
A drismal drama rather reminiscent of Angela's Ashes, especially in terms of maintaining a relentlessly pessimistic and morose tone. Full Review
October 13, 2007
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
The difficulties of coming-of-age in an Irish-American family with a violent older brother and a self-destructive father. Full Review
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