Divorcing Jack

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Summary: Divorcing Jack - a new view to the North
Review: "Divorcing Jack", based on a novel by Colin Bateman, has a number of interesting characters including a nurse who moonlights as a stripping nun and an Afro-American CIA agent named Charlie Parker It takes place in the early 90's when the Peace Process was staggering forward. Fortunately, Bateman wrote the screenplay and chopped out enough of the 'inside' political fol-de-rol for an 'outsider' to follow the story without too much confusion. It's billed as a 'Comedy-Thriller' and David Thewlis acts the part of besotted Protestant newspaper columnist Paul Starkey with enough world weariness to be believable. There are as many twists and turns as the road through the Glens of Antrim and the message, meant for those who are doomed to repeat history, comes through dynamically at the close.
There are a number of interesting writers and films from and about the North, not the least of which is "An Everlasting Piece" though that seems to have been torpedoed by Stephen Speilberg. There are still clunkers of the terrorist/ /torturer type, but hopefully they'll fade out in the future; if we have learned from the past.

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Summary: Not a Good Movie at All
Review: David Thewlis, why did you accept such a sucky script? The crappy acting, poor timing, and superficial characters totally detract from any underlying political message. This movie's main character is a philandering idiot and nothing more. His wife is even less believable and likable. There is a gratuitously violent and totally outlandish scene in which the only good character in this film is defenestrated, but of course the idiot gets away. What happens to his mistress should have happened to the script, before this ever made it to production. I love independent films, I love David Thewlis' acting, but even after two years I still have a yucky taste in my mouth from this piece of poo called a movie. If you want more David Thewlis, see "Seven Years in Tibet" or "Life is Sweet", instead.

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Summary: It's a magic settee.
Review: I loved this film. It's a cute comedy that is definatly a must have for any Thewlis fans. I agree with the fact that it's a dark comedy. I strangely found myself cracking up at the absurdness of the "serious scenes." I'm just upset that on my copy I didn't get any of the extra footage!

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Summary: why the movie is rated R
Review: I was told that this movie was rated R because they sayed a certain 4 letter word starting with f quite a bit and also because of violence and one *coughs* s-e-xual scene between two of the main charactures. oh yeah and they show the main guys bottom. but that's it. yeah so... if anyone wanted to know why their parents wont watch it. there it is.

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Summary: Black comedy at its best
Review: This is a comedy classic - filmed at a time when peace was just breaking out in Northern Ireland after nearly 30 years of pain, hurt and suffering. The Northern Irish have a good laugh at the stupity of the war and indeed themselves as only they can!

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Summary: why the movie is rated R
Review: This movie is an offbeat, dark comedy, which brings to light the corrupt political climate of Northern Ireland and the presence of the IRA.
David Thewlis plays his quirky character to the hilt and beatifully balances the seriousness of the IRA ex-con, Pat Keegan (Jason Isaacs).
I loved this movie, with all of it's wit and humor. See it, I think you will be pleasantly surprised!

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Summary: Dark, but quite good!
Review: This movie is an offbeat, dark comedy, which brings to light the corrupt political climate of Northern Ireland and the presence of the IRA.
David Thewlis plays his quirky character to the hilt and beatifully balances the seriousness of the IRA ex-con, Pat Keegan (Jason Isaacs).
I loved this movie, with all of it's wit and humor. See it, I think you will be pleasantly surprised!