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chodelicious's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
freyavstheworld's review against another edition
3.0
(3.5) probably my least favourite mcdonagh play plot-wise but the writing is still insanely good
maddiegg's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
jiscoo's review against another edition
dark
funny
sad
3.75
great to see hollywood hasn't changed at all re: casting actually disabled actors in disabled roles since literally 1934
pavram's review against another edition
4.0
Mekdana i kad je sentimentalan, mora da ga zabiberi - ali bez obzira na to što nije moralo da bude toliko takoreći edži na kraju, ovo je i dalje lepo, i kratko, i dobar suplement za popodnevnu kafu.
4
4
808jake_'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
kfrench1008's review against another edition
2.0
I saw this on Broadway and thought Daniel Radcliffe's performance rose above the material. A cliched look at the Irish of the 1930s.
laneamagya's review against another edition
4.0
Without Samuel Beckett, there would be no Martin McDonagh. Well, maybe Pinter and Durang deserve some credit too. Wait a minute . . . McDonagh has this amazingly Beckett-esque sense of comic timing and he uses it in plays that are much more accessible than most of Beckett's work. In this play, news that Robert Flaherty is on Inis Mor (literally "Big Island"*) making the film Man of Aran reaches Inis Meain ("middle island"**). A trio of the local kids decide to convince a fisherman to row them over to Inis Mor so they can convince the Hollywood types to cast them in the fil-uhm ***. Among them is Cripple Billy, a local fosterling with a withered leg and far too scholarly a mind to enjoy his compatriots any longer. Hilarity ensues.
But, because it's an Irish play, most of the hilarity is really quite dark. I haven't had the chance to see this play live, yet, but I'm guessing it would make most American audiences supremely uncomfortable, what with all of the insults against Billy and the comments about priests who attempt to grope teen girls.
* which is very funny to me
** creative, eh? The third and south-most island is named Inis Oirr. Who wants to guess what that means? I'll give you a clue--there's a small island off the coast of Kerry called Beginis, which sounds like "begin-ish". It means small island. So that's already taken.
***you must pronounce it that way
But, because it's an Irish play, most of the hilarity is really quite dark. I haven't had the chance to see this play live, yet, but I'm guessing it would make most American audiences supremely uncomfortable, what with all of the insults against Billy and the comments about priests who attempt to grope teen girls.
* which is very funny to me
** creative, eh? The third and south-most island is named Inis Oirr. Who wants to guess what that means? I'll give you a clue--there's a small island off the coast of Kerry called Beginis, which sounds like "begin-ish". It means small island. So that's already taken.
***you must pronounce it that way