Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca
The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
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This is what I call great Irish cinema! At last, Liam Neeson in a role he can be proud he played. And James Nesbitt just gives an extraordinary, mind-blowing performance.
The characters they portray are so real, so believable, so well-delivered and they fill you with thirst and...( read more)
Five Minutes of Heaven is the third new film about the Irish Struggles I've seen in the last year. It might seem tiring at this point, but each are drastically different. By far the best of the three is British visual artist Steve McQueen's Hunger - a relentless and almost wordle...( read more)
an interesting film depicting the emotional turmoil of a killer and the brother of his victim.
Television Film
BBC2, April 2009
Quick Review
After some masterfully directed opening scenes of the ordinary warfare in IRA Ireland, 'Five Minutes of Heaven' loses its suspense and becomes too wordy to be truly compelling. Nesbitt and Neeson's performa...( read more)
In 'Five Minutes of Heaven', James Nesbitt plays the younger brother of a man murdered by Liam Neeson, who is from a loyalist group. The centerpiece of the film is the preparation of a face to face meeting, the first, between victim's relative and murderer, staged by a TV channel...( read more)
nothing special,except for the acting of the two main roles,Liam Neeson(always chewing the scenery)and James Nesbitt.the execution made it feels just like a made-for-tv redemption drama
think this was made for tv an interesting view on the troubles with a great cast, about how the murder of someone affected people both the killer and the victims younger brother over the years which leads to a violent confrontation between both
After his great DOWNFALL, German director Oliver Hirschbiegel entered his international follies to mark his own "downfall": sci-fi INVASION was an ambitious work, but not inspiring attempt, to work with Hollywood standards, but disappoint the audience; and now his little Irish an...( read more)
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