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A Film With Me In It

Article published 22nd Apr 09

Format: Cinema
Mood: Leave brain at home

Not far into this Irish black comedy, I began actively wishing bad stuff upon its protagonist. Luckily, there's plenty of that. Mark (Mark Doherty) is a failed actor, amateur clarinettist and general atomic wimp. He lacks even the drunk-and-disorderly charm of his equally hopeless best friend Pierce (Dylan Moran), a wannabe screenwriter.

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