Full Court Press Notes

Five Minutes of Heaven
Irish Eyes Are Certainly Not Smiling
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It’s a shame absolute that they don’t hand out press notes when a film is shown to a general audience (in addition to the stuffy journos and the bloggy von blogospheresters, with our so called humboldt opinions who review em) cause most of the info contained is vary insightful and can only enhance the viewer’s going film experience. Case in point be in point for the effective Northern Ireland tinged Five Minutes of Heaven (guess they didn’t realize the unintentional porn name possibilities there, eh?). Based on a true story (they do tell us that upfront), the first third deals with that truth in the past (the killing of Jim Griffin, a 19-year-old Catholic by Alistair Little, a 17-year-old Protestant in 1975), but it’s the rest that takes place in present day (where Griffin’s grown-up little brother and witness to the murder confronts Little face to face in an exclusive TV news program, fresh after his stint in the can) where the truth is pulled over us and our eyes, and none of wees are any the wiser, bud. The pressie notes tell us that the shaky reunion that follows is all hypothetical, made up!!!, based on what MIGHT happen if the two were to ever meet. Wooaaaah! Woah, indeed!

Writer Guy Hibbert worked with the real life figures separately (the two men have hactually never met), working out possible scenarios with each, and even sharing the notes with the opposite person, then handed it over to James Nesbitt (Bloody Sunday, Millions, Match Point) and Liam Neeson to chew up the scenery, with Downfall‘s Oliver Hirschbiegel‘s bottom in the director’s chair. Neeson plays the remorseful killer, and snatchurally, is solid as usual, but it’s Nesbitt as the walking wounded brother who owns this puppy from the first moment he appears/unravels onscreen. He’s a mess, and with revenge on his mind, he’s no one to mess around with. Neeson’s character is keenly aware of this, but is eager to create some sort of peaceful ending to the ordeal he started ages ago, no matter what the cost. The material is similar to last year’s notseen Take, where forgiveness for an unforgivable deed was the name of the game, but unlike that film, we won’t soon forgetness the 90 minutes we spent with (almos) Heaven

Blame It On The Name: usually this spot is reserved for extra sense-non and movie hottie ingénues, but juss cause we’re not gonna bone you, doesn’t mean that we aint gonna throw you one. enter BAFTA award winner Anamaria Marinca, last seen in the wurstest date movie of 2008, who makes a mark for herself in Heaven as one of the TV show’s PAs that has the unfortunate job of babysitting a jittery Nesbitt in the green room. she adds a welcomed bright smile to an otherwise dour affair. you may not remember her name, heck, we already fivegot it, but she’s definitely someone to keep an eye on, even if we don’t want to get our thigh on wit her

Verdictgo: Jeepers Worth A Peepers

5 Mins demands yer attention today on-demand and opens in a thing called a ‘movie theater’ in NY only this Friday

and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…

What if the peoples got press notes?
wouldn’t this world be a better place?
who cares if it’s a waste of paper
knowledge knows no price
but vincent price!