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FILMS ABOUT AMERICANS coming to Ireland are almost always invariably cringeworthy.
Just think of Leap Year and PS I Love You.
But both of those films are veritable masterpieces when compared to The Yank, a film that somehow stars Colm Meaney. (More on that later.) The film follows an Irish-American man who travels to Ireland and discovers that it isn’t quite what he expected.
But that synopsis alone doesn’t quite convey the stupidity of this film.
There’s a thing I did just a few years ago, which we shot down in Clare. I did it because it was convenient and I wanted to be here. It was this kid from Cleveland managed to get the money together to make this dreadful script, a kind of romantic comedy. And it was just that awful American kitsch attitude of Ireland. Thankfully, I haven’t seen it.
Friday 15 November, 2024
Friday 15 November, 2024
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The trailer for this film about Americans coming to Ireland looks offensively stupid
FILMS ABOUT AMERICANS coming to Ireland are almost always invariably cringeworthy.
Just think of Leap Year and PS I Love You.
But both of those films are veritable masterpieces when compared to The Yank, a film that somehow stars Colm Meaney. (More on that later.) The film follows an Irish-American man who travels to Ireland and discovers that it isn’t quite what he expected.
But that synopsis alone doesn’t quite convey the stupidity of this film.
It opens with this declaration.
Here are Tom’s peeps.
The family areso Irish that they have a timer counting down to St. Patrick’s Day in their living room.
Just hanging out, being Irish.
This lad pronounces “sláinte” like “sah-lawn-cha”
Did we mention that the guy from Hardy Bucks is in it?
And so is Colm Meaney
This guy has a tantrum because he can’t have more Guinness
Even the film’s promotional materials will make you wince
“Some roots should be left in the ground…”
So, this all begs the question — why is Colm Meaney involved in this?
Last year, Meaney discussed the film on Saturday Night with Miriam and absolutely slated it.
Yikes.
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