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Plot:
Jackie O'Shea and Michael O'Sullivan are two life-long friends who have a talent for getting into mischief. Big believers in luck and dreams, the two have long obsessed over winning the national lotte...( read more 
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MCT:May 21, 2008This is a very good movie. It has alot of heart and good irish music in it.
It has very good visuals and a good story line. The acting is very good. I love the ending of the movie as well.
It is funny and thought provoking, and has some good lines in it. I recommend this movie to everyone who hasn't seen it. -
MCT:February 23, 2008Light hearted Irish comedy. The mischief you might expect from the young accomplished with a flair by the not young at all. And you get to see wrinkles on a motorcycle! Don't understand? Watch this movie !!
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MCT:February 18, 2008
just watched it again recently. Not quite as good as I remembered but still a very good little film! some extremely fun and silly parts and as far as movies where old dudes ride naked on motorcycles go I think this one takes the cake!
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MCT:January 24, 2008
This is such a heat warming movie that is fun to watch with great performance by all the major cast.
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MCT:January 21, 2008
this movie was sweet and whitty and had an intresting twist of a youthful story played out by a cast of elderly men it was funny and heartwarming. ian bannen had awsome crazy eyes and David Kelly was a really nice charchter this was a very good movie
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MCT:January 7, 2008A lighthearted, pleasantly Irish comedy. Amusing story, beautiful setting, and some absolutely amazing Irish music. The perfect movie for anyone looking for a fun, down-to-earth, clever movie to watch on a Sunday afternoon.
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MCT:December 29, 2007
Waking Ned Devine (1998) was written and directed by Kirk Jones. The story is set in a small Irish town called Tullymore (population 52). Ian Bannen and David Kelly play best friends who find out that someone in their town has won the lottery. They discover that Ned Devine is the winner, but the problem is that he has died of shock holding the winning ticket. The jackpot totals almost 6.9 million Irish pounds. Together with the entire town, they launch a scheme to defraud the money by having David Kelly's character inpersonate Ned. But things get a lot more complicated when a representative from the Lottery Corporation comes to town to verify the winner and present Ned Devine with the winnings. This film is a favorite of mine. I especially love the Ian Bannen and David Kelly's performance as the best friends. I recommend this light hearted comedy. As its tagline says - "Finally, a comedy that will make you feel like a million bucks".
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MCT:December 22, 2007
Ireland was making some truely great flicks around the time this came out. Querky all of them the film makers were inspirational when they mixed the story with fabulous shots of the country. This is a winner.
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MCT:December 16, 2007
very cute and some laugh-out-louds... cute old men, and a great humour, the village is so cute and the landscape is breathtaking... oh, i just love ireland. and the end, where the old lady was hit by the car, the moment she called the office... great, just great.
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MCT:December 4, 2007
this was soo funny in parts, even tho i cannnnnnnt stand james nesbitt, as his a crap actor, and crap comedian, but this film really was funny, shame he was in to spoil it, but yah really good film, great story very funny
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MCT:November 11, 2007
In the small, isolated town of Tullymore on the Irish coast, Ned Devine has just won the a big jackpot of the Irish lottery: $12.24 million, in U.S. dollars. Ned can't spend a farthing of it, though, because the excitement of winning the prize was too much for him. Ah well, at least old Ned died smiling.
The whole town of 52 knows that the winning number was sold in Tullymore, and finally, Michael O'Shea figures out, by process of elimination (and many chicken dinners at his house) who won it. Upon discovering Ned's sad state, O'Shea decides that if Ned can't enjoy the winnings, then maybe he can. Things get delightfully complicated quickly, and O'Shea has to enlist the rest of Tullymore in his scheme. The whole scam is cheerfully giddy, by turns nerve-wracking, funny, and touching.
The acting was nuanced enough, the characters sympathetic enough, and the web of deception spun slowly enough that I never condemned any of the con gang for trying to defraud the government. In fact, it was a lot of fun to see O'Shea and his buddies, simple men all (but not stupid), wrack their brains, then get increasingly (and uncomfortably) duplicitous in pursuit of the treasure. I found myself wondering what I'd do in their shoes. I might have just joined in and kept my $238,000 share. -
MCT:November 3, 2007
Very well filmed, impeccably edited. I'm a sucker for Irish stories, but I love a quirky comedy even more. This movie gives me those, plus pipes music that doesn't drive me batty. Great crack all the way around.
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MCT:August 20, 2007
I can't think of anything I could knock points off of this movie for. It's a quaint little well-made Irish movie that made me laugh out loud and left me with a bit of a happy buzz.
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MCT:July 25, 2007
When Ned Devine dies of heart failure after winning the lottery, his town bands together to collect the dead man's winnings. The film is incredibly ireverant and funny, if you want an intelligent, yet bizarre, comedy, watch it.
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MCT:July 10, 2007
So, I sought to see this film recently because my director said it was one of the possibilities for our acting groups' next production, and because I had a passing interest in seeing it anyway. It's the story of two old friends in a tiny Irish village called Tully More, who discover someone in their town has won the national lottery, and attempt to find who it is so they can squirrel their way into sharing the winnings. It's an idea that becomes comically sinister when they find the winner, Ned Devine, has died of shock from his win - from which point a wonderfully written black comedy sets forth as they try and claim the dead man's winning for themselves. Like a lot of comedies like this, it's very well written and acted, and it has a heart, but falls a little bit short direction wise, and we end up with a somewhat flawed, but very entertaining and watchable film. The two old friends (played by Ian Bannen and David Kelly) have wonderful chemistry and produce some truly hilarious moments, and some very poignant ones, especially the one that occurs at Ned's funeral. It doesn't look like my group will be performing this one, after all, at least not this time around - but it would have been a pleasure to try it. I'd most definitely recommend the film, it would make great family viewing.
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MCT:June 29, 2007
Definitely not what I thought it would be. Very good and very funny. A one of a kind Irish film. A must see!
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MCT:June 20, 2007
A wonderful movie that proves its worth through humor not done at the expense of others but done purely to make one laugh and feel good. I loved it and by all means plan to watch it again, perhaps when I need some cheering up.
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MCT:June 6, 2007
Delightful British comedy about a group of friends living in a small town who discover that their friend Ned has just won the lottery, and died. As they devise a way to collect the money, things get even funnier.
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MCT:June 4, 2007
An awesome Irish film! There's so much that's funny in this movie. The only downside is naked old men. :p
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MCT:June 2, 2007It's ok -too long when you can guess from the beginning what's going to happen-makes it hard to watch the entire movie! I actually FF the movie!
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MCT:May 27, 2007
Right, first off I admit it: Waking Ned devine is indeed a shameless conservative plug for Irish culture and community spirit! That being the case, it is also one of the finest examples of European comedy I've seen as well. James Kelly (who is best known as Mr. O'Reilly in BBC's Fawlty Towers) has lost none of his wit and charm in his old age and consequently, makes this film in my view. A great alternative to the usual rom-com crap.
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MCT:May 16, 2007
I have a soft spot in my brain for movies made in Ireland, and this one fits the bill perfectly. A small town looks for a way to claim a winning lottery ticket after the winner drops dead before he can claim his prize. very sweet, funny film with elderly people as the stars, not just as background characters.
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MCT:April 29, 2007
Pretty tame comedy, the folksy sort ofl stuff you'd expect from Ireland rather than anything remarkable.
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MCT:March 7, 2007
I loved this movie. No big actors in it (as far as I know) Great heartwarming film about a small village. It's a Must See!
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