Martin Carney, Paul Hickey, Camille O'Sullivan
Jonathan is nineteen and suicidal when he is admitted to a psychiatric hospital by his older brother, following the death of the boys' father. There, he meets and befriends two other patients while un...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002
Stats: 240 reviews
For anyone who has watched the film 'Manic' it's a very similar storyline, based inside a Psychiatric Hospital with various characters, who come to life and communicate through their various conditions. A very likeable performance from Cillian Murphy.
Besides the fact that this movie has one of the best opening scenes ever (Cillian Murphy walks in a church where a funeral is taking place, knocks on the coffin, puts his ear on the coffin and after a few seconds he looks at the relatives and says, "Still dead") it also is a road...( read more)
Murphy and Jackson are both really great in this. "Catcher in the Rye" meets "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next". Charming, funny, heartfelt... would be perfect although I didn't like Vessey's character at all.
Great coming of age story. It's fun, sad and deep. Everything you want, but feel you can't ask for in a teen drama. The acting is amazing, Cillian Murphy is clearly one of the best actors of his generation and played his role perfectly. There's a whole Cuckoo's Nest feel to it wh...( read more)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU3N5c2Kxnw
THIS MOVIE REALLY HAD MY CURIOSITIES UP... IT PLAYED OUT BEAUTIFULLY HEART BREAKING... WITH A TWIST OF THE UNSUAL OH! WOWS ..... ALL IN ALL STILL BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND ACTED ....
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