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By: Iggy Stop
Date: 30th Aug 06
Format: Cinema
Mood: Rad
What:
Breakfast on Pluto
Where:
Kino Dendy, Palace, Cinema Nova
Watch the trailer:
here
After four years off to write a novel, Neil Jordan has come out of the study to bring Breakfast on Pluto out of the closet. Adapted from Patrick McCabe’s novel of the same name, Breakfast on Pluto is the story of Patrick ‘Kitten’ Murphy; a cross-dressing quasi-ingénue and would be dux of theschool of hard knocks.
Jordan revisits the themes of transvestism and terrorism from The Crying Game but this is a very different film. Breakfast on Pluto is a kind of fairy tale projected through Kitten’s fantasies, his campaign against ‘seriousness’ and his unwavering optimism. Cillian Murphy is endearingly aggravating, showing that his range far exceeds thelistless villains he’s been cast as more recently. He’s supported by abrilliantly obscure cast in Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Gavin Friday and Brian Ferry. With it’s silly seriousness, Breakfast on Pluto screens as an Irish in-joke that will jerk heartstrings and funny bones alike.