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In a perfect world people would be able to enjoy the fruits of their labor, but in this world, cruel irony rains supreme. You will understand better in a moment. Hello again and welcome to another Out & About Movie Review starring me, Mike Stevens your movie Dude. This time we have the review of the comedy The Waking of Ned Devine. The story is set in Ireland and begins with the un-original fly over of the rocky Irish landscape with stone walls, stone houses, and of course the sea crashing against the stone shores. Plot wise it starts with the drawing of the Irish lottery, which Jackie O'Shea doesn't win. In fact nobody alive wins the huge jackpot. But according to the paper somebody in the small abbey of Tollymohr, population 52, won the jackpot. So a couple of schemers, including O'Shea, played by Ian Bannen, start trying to get on the good-side of potential winners. O'Shea and sidekick Michael O'Sullivan are the main two involved, and start by buying drinks for the local pig farmer. When it turns out that the pig farmer didn't win they move on to inviting all the regular lottery players over for a chicken dinner, but one person doesn't show up, that being good old Ned Devine. So O'Shea and O'Sullivan, played by David Kelly, now think Ned has won. So O'Shea goes over in the middle of a storm to see Ned. But Ned is dead, Ned is dead, Ned is DEAD! Here is where the cruel irony comes in, you see dead Ned is holding the winning ticket in his hand and the Tele is on. So Ned is dead because he won the lottery. So now O'Shea and O'Sullivan come up with a plot to claim the prize for themselves, but start to run into some problems. Eventually they have to inform the whole village, and which point they all get in on the winnings. Others starring in The Waking of Ned Devine are James Nesbitt as Finn the pig farmer, Fionnula Flanagan as Mrs. O'Shea, Susan Lynch as Maggie, and Eileen Dromey as the evil Lizzy Quinn. In a side story to the main plot is the courting of Maggie, which is mainly done by the pig farmer. This movie has quite a few laughs, but it does take a while to get used to the Irish accents. Also you will love the scene with the flying phone booth and the scene with the naked motorcyclists. The Waking of Ned Devine was pretty good, but it was a bit slow in getting going. I enjoyed the sidetracks, especially the discussions between the priest and the little boy, who's real father is a shocker. They also could have done without the male nudity, and as always I must comment on the nudity, to which there was none involving the female gender, but in a way I am glad since I wouldn't really want to see any of those women naked. But enough rambling and on to the rating of this film written and directed by Kirk Jones. The Waking of Ned Devine gets six couches and a green phone booth for the Out & About rating. As to the Out & About Movie Review, I'm Mike Stevens saying goodnight.
Last updated: Thursday, March 20, 2008 02:45:27 AM |
