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So as you know, I stopped writing lengthy reviews on this site this year, keeping the blog as more of a film diary of sorts.  Lo and behold,...

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Movie Review - The Guard

The Guard (2011)
Starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, and Mark Strong 
Directed by John Michael McDonagh
A 95% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes is usually an indicator of a good flick...however, I'm not one to necessarily toe the company line and I simply could not find myself getting into the Irish dark comedy The Guard.  There are some really solid performances here -- Brendan Gleeson is oddly charming as a kooky Irish police officer forced to partner with an American FBI agent (played by Don Cheadle in an admirable "straight man" comedy role) to hunt down some Irish drug smugglers -- but the thick brogues from the very onset had me struggling to comprehend things, and then once I did settle into the accents, I simply didn't really care about the story and various subplots this flick threw at me.

Honestly, the above paragraph about sums up all my thoughts.  Good performances, but a lukewarm script just made this flick unappealing.

The RyMickey Rating:  C-

3 comments:

  1. I hate everything about you.

    I saw this in theaters twice!

    Twice!

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  2. I was waiting for this. You're the reason I watched this in the first place...something just didn't work for me though. My review is so short because I just didn't care about it one way or another. I didn't despise it, but didn't love it and that falling in the middle led to a blasé attitude from me.

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  3. I was waiting for this. You're the reason I watched this in the first place...something just didn't work for me though. My review is so short because I just didn't care about it one way or another. I didn't despise it, but didn't love it and that falling in the middle led to a blasé attitude from me.

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