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  • Opened March 19, 2004 
  • R | pervasive language, some sexual content and violence

  • An urban love story about people adrift and their convoluted journeys in the search for some kind of love. A misguided break-up between two young lovers initiates a series of events affecting everyone around them with cataclysmic results. All the characters are blissfully unaware of the accidental nature of life and the way in which their lives intersect, careening from the hilariously funny to the heart-breakingly sad. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Colin Farrell, Shirley Henderson, Kelly MacDonald, Colm Meaney, Cillian Murphy
  • Director: John Crowley
  • Genres: Comedy Drama, Crime Comedy, Ensemble Film

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Ruthe Stein

A breed apart from anything coming off the Hollywood assembly line or, for that matter, from the saccharine romances Britain has lately produced. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

The first Irish creation I've seen in ages to pull off the high-difficulty feat of trafficking in grit, drollery, and emotion without turning to blarney as a crutch. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

That it succeeds is some kind of miracle; there's enough material here for three bad films, and somehow it becomes one good one. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

Could fairly be described as a Robert Altman ensemble movie without the flab, or "Magnolia" with a mean streak and bigger laughs. Read full review

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