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A pair of young runaways find both beauty and danger in the big city in an evocative drama from writer and director Lance Daly. Dylan (Shane Curry) is an 11-year-old boy growing up with an alcoholic f... read more read more...ather who often uses his children as punching bags. One day, Dylan decides he can take no more, and he makes plans to run away from home. His close friend Kylie (Kelly O'Neill), a girl of ten living next door, is also the product of an abusive family, and when she learns that Dylan is leaving home, she steals a wad of cash from her family and joins him. Making their way out of town on a barge driven by a sympathetic sailor with a yen for music, Dylan and Kylie end up in Dublin just as the Christmas season is going into full swing. The two friends explore the city, which seems magical even at its shabbiest. But while Dublin seems like a paradise of lights and magic by day, they learn that the city's sinister side comes into focus after the sun goes down. Kisses also stars Stephen Rea and Paul Roe. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 22 min.

Directed by: Lance Daly

Release Date: July 16, 2010

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DVD Release Date: October 26, 2010

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  • hypathio7
    October 11, 2010
    hypathio7
    The shifting contrast and saturation of color throughout was used creatively to show the dull/scary home life and exciting/scary life on the streets of the young heroes. Shane as Dylan is a quiet boy whose father can get violent. Kelly as Kylie, his neighbor, is expressive and ... read morevery visually interesting from the camera's perspective. Kylie helps Dylan escape when his father has another violent outburst. Like in many families, Kylie doesn't get along with her big sister, but she also doesn't feel she can tell her mom about sexual abuse from her uncle, so she decides to run away with Dylan. As the opening image of a dead gold fish shows, the movie is about some of the uglier things pre-teens could go through.

    They make their way to the big city of Dublin and have fun, at first, shopping at a mall. Like many kids their age, they love those wheelie shoes. They try to search for Dylan's older brother who had run away several years before. It is quite a quest trying to survive on the streets and they meet a bunch of colorful characters. They feel free and have fun as often as they struggle to find food and safe shelter. Eventually Dylan must return the favor by saving Kylie from a very dangerous situation and they officially decide they belong together. They face death out on the streets, but when they are returned home, home seems just as dangerous. You are left wondering if being there for each other will be enough to pull them through.

    "You were right. There is no devil. Only people."
  • mvieaddict
    December 12, 2010
    mvieaddict
    Irish movie KISSES was one typical and enjoyable road movie with a very simple plot set around Christmas time in the streets of Dublin. It followed the adventures of two children Dylan (Shane Curry) and Kylie (Kelly O'Neill), who are neighbors, and they decided to run away from ... read moretheir awful family on Christmas Day.It was a short feature movie filmed some parts in black and white, showing mostly the journey of the kids,in the dark side of Dublin, in the dangerous back alleys, as they tried to survive on their own.The movie by itself was good, also the photography, and music by Bob Dylan, the dialog was pure Irish, but with the help of English subtitles, it will surely help you a lot. I was captivated how they built their friendship,and their acting which was so natural.
  • kyjeunette
    April 20, 2010
    kyjeunette
    "On the fringes of Dublin two kids, Kylie and Dylan, live in a suburban housing estate devoid of life, colour and the prospect of escape. Kylie lives with five other siblings and her overworked mother. Next door, Dylan lives in the shadow of an alcoholic father and the memory of ... read morean elder brother who ran away from home two years earlier.

    After a violent altercation with his father, Dylan runs away from home and Kylie decides to run away with him. Together they make their way to the magical night time lights of inner city Dublin, to search for Dylan's brother, and in the hope of finding, through him, the possibility of a new life.

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Stephen Cole
November 12, 2010
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail

A coming-of-age drama so Irish you'll want to take out your Pogues' lyric sheets beforehand to brush up on Gaelic mumbling. Full Review

Wesley Morris
August 5, 2010
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

What the writer and director, Lance Daly, means as some kind of transporting urban adventure for them is a disenchanting slog for us. Full Review

Amy Biancolli
July 29, 2010
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

It's arresting. Full Review

Peter Rainer
July 23, 2010
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

A marginally sweet movie about two woebegone Irish kids. Full Review

Ray Bennett
July 19, 2010
Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter

Rewarding tale of two kids loose on Dublin's mean streets with outstanding performances.

V.A. Musetto
July 19, 2010
V.A. Musetto, New York Post

Terrific non-pro actors Kelly O'Neill (Kylie) and Shane Curry (Dylan) are the backbone of the film, directed by Lance Daly, who says as a kid he thought of running away. Full Review

Stephen Holden
July 16, 2010
Stephen Holden, New York Times

Kisses regards the world through fearful, foolhardy preadolescent eyes. Full Review

Kenneth Turan
July 16, 2010
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Only 75 minutes long and made in Ireland for what had to be a micro budget, this sweet, savvy and heartfelt film will impact you more and stay around longer than many more elephantine productions. Full Review

Stephen Whitty
July 16, 2010
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

Kisses is an interesting look at the side of a famous city we don't often see. And at the sort of unhappy childhoods that perhaps we see far too many of -- if we only dare look. Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
July 14, 2010
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

A superior lyrical ragamuffin Irish drama about neighbor kids in a dingy outpost of Dublin who run away from their crummy home situations at Christmas and spend a picaresque night on city streets. Full Review

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