John Joe (Bernard Hill) is an Irish musician preparing for the All_Ireland Ceili finals. His not so welcome brother Jimmy (Colm Meaney) is coming back to Ireland from Liverpool with some lads to compete as well. The two brothers will seemingly stop at nothing to win the big prize.
This was a fun and cute little movie, it helps if you like some good Irish tunes. The presence of Andrea Corr doesn’t hurt either, she is rather nice on the eyes, and rather talented too. As far as the leads go, I’ve always been a fan of Colm Meaney and Bernard Hill, so I had no disappointments there. The rest of the cast does an admirable job and everyone seems to mesh well.
I like these light comedies with a bit of a dark undertone to them. Watching the history of the two brothers unfold is interesting, and I thought the slow reveal was well done without dragging things out for too long. And again, Andrea Corr is gorgeous.
My only real negative about this movie is that it only makes me feel sad in that I miss Ireland. I so want to get back, and I really don’t know why I punish myself with movies like this. Sure, it may not be the perfect representation of Ireland, but it is a fair slice of Irish culture though. I am biased with these Irish films, so maybe my vote is a little higher than it should be, so accept it or feck off, 4 Axes.