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The Craic (1999) is a English movie. Ted Emery has directed this movie. Jimeoin,Alan McKee,Colin Hay,Bob Franklin are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1999. The Craic (1999) is considered one of the best Comedy movie in India and around the world.
Two Irish actors (Jimeoin McKeown, Alan McKee) flee from 1988 Belfast after a violent confrontation with a leader (Robert Morgan) of the IRA and illegally enter Australia. Seeking acting work, the two fear immigration officers. McKeown happens to get selected as the bachelor on a TV dating game and wins a trip to Queensland just as the pair's apartment is raided by immigration. McKee escapes just in time and joins his friend. Meanwhile, the IRA leader is sent to Australia in a witness protection program after he gives up some of his former colleagues. The two then spend the remainder of the movie being pursued by the immigration officers and the vengeful IRA head.
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The Craic (1999) Reviews
A hilariously funny and entertaining hour and a half.
This is one of the funniest movies I have seen for a while, coming close to 'The Castle'. The humour was fresh, the plot original, and the acting superb. I never thought Jimeoin could do a movie, but I have been proved wrong.
Good Home Movie
Jimeoin and a good many of his mates apparently were on the run from our Immigration Department in the early 80's. Many of the incidents in his first film The Craic are based on the sorts of things that happened to the lads and lasses as they made their quick getaways. We'll have to assume that he's now made his peace with the authorities. I've only glimpsed Jimeoin on TV a couple of times but I'd imagine that The Craic probably mirrors his on stage and perhaps his real life personality pretty closely. If Jimeoin is a quietly spoken Irish Immigrant with a gentle but acute wit; an everyman good bloke who's difficult to understand, then here he is. Jimeoin also appears to be pretty self effacing and disinclined to big note himself, which is a pretty good trick considering that he's an entertainer in his own first film. I wonder if he's as nice a bloke as he makes out to be. Nobody is that nice, and funny as well, are they? The Craic is like a pretty well made home movie, one obviously written by Jimeoin. You've seen most of the really good bits on the shorts but The Craic does rise to sand dune heights every now and then. The camera hasn't ventured in amongst the back packing world too many times and The Craic suggests that the time might be ripe.
It's funny.
I saw this on TV and really enjoyed it. I had avoided renting the movie - just didn't trust the cover, but it's a very laid back oz comedy with heart and I'm glad I didn't switch the channel. I love the look of the film - all gritty and contrasty, the colours and sunlit scenes shine brightly and create an atmosphere (gave me dejavu, but that's another story). Not sure if the look was deliberate, or whether it's just what the cheapest film stock looks like. Reminded me of 16mm film. What the film does superbly is make it look like 1988. Not hard I suppose, since it wasn't long ago, but there were some nice touches that made it look like the late 80s. Lots of genuine funny scenes. If you've Australian and been around a bit, you should like this movie. If you're from anywhere else in the world, there's a good chance you'll get bored. 8 / 10
Makes you proud to be from Oz
The outstanding feature of this film is its "feel good" quality -in the best sense of that expression. I must admit that I'd never seen Jimmeoin before, so maybe I'm just enamoured by first impressions. Nevertheless, I laughed out loud more than once while watching this movie, and I left the theatre feeling glad that I had seen "The Craic." Can't ask for more than that can you? Go see it.
Another lazy comedy from Oz, more an adventure from it's presence worthy leads
Is it me, or why did people actually think this was funny? I've seen a few disappointing Aussie comedy pics, a rundown that includes a lot of ones that start with the title The .... Again, here I was not on a comedown, but sheerly dumbstruck about how bad this movie was, in terms of a comedy, and previews can sometimes mislead you, a case here. I've never found Jim O'in funny, only a couple of jokes worth, in all of what I've seen of the guy, that's enough. This film is actually more entertaining if watching it, for how the plot which wasn't bad, unfolded. But remember, we're not in the hands of two capable or quality actors as leads, Oin's mate, Bob Franklin, is even less funnier in this and his pathetic unconfident self here, as always, Oin's follower, does make him watchable. His face has that appeal, looking like Hg or Roy, I'm not sure, the uglier one. Hall was fun to watch too as Jim Oin's love interest, as also it was fun watching O'in freely steal a hot chip from someone else's take away in it's start. As comedy fare, for me it was almost obsolete, two or three laughs maximum, but as an adventure, as to see what these two buffoons, end up doing next, or who'd they came up against, made it interesting.