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Considering the limitations a film adaptation would have had on a 40 hour story, Clannad does an admirable and passable job of distilling the story to its core and you'll still fall in love with the characters. The ending is probably the most contentious because it is a more realistic resolution but remains bittersweet. The way the story is told is via Tomoya reminiscing about the past and this is an interesting way to present the events as it means that we suspect what will happen. Clannad was well known for its sad emotional impact and the film doesn't quite succeed since it did not have the time to build it properly. Nagisa isn't put off by Tomoya's cold attitude and the pair, along with Tomoya's best friend, Sunohara, become good friends. The plot follows high school student Okazaki Tomoya who has nothing to look forward in life, until he meets Furukawa Nagisa on the way to school one day. Events feel familiar yet different at the same time, and so it doesn't feel like a retread. It focuses exclusively on the Nagisa route of the game and only a few characters make regular appearances. This isn't necessary a bad thing as it brings a new experience to fans already familiar with the game or anime, and is a like a different take on things. As such, there are a lot of liberties taken and while the overarching plot remains the same, it is like a completely different product. At only one and a half hours long, it had to massively truncate both the high school and After Story portion in order to fit it into a theatrical length. I should check out some of his other movies.Clannad is an anime film that is based on the visual novel of the same name, and actually came out just a bit before the anime series. On a related note, I just learned that John Crowley also directed Brooklyn, a movie with a very different style and tone that I liked. I think I might like this movie a lot more than I remembered. There are also some great running gags about steak sauce in coffee and вЂњCeltic mysticismвЂќ that are never not funny. Somehow I can manage to care about the characters despite them all being jerks in one way or another. The soundtrack is well-scored with songs by U2, Ron Sexsmith, and um, Clannad. The movie is filmed in a verite style with hand-held cameras and quick cuts.

JohnвЂ™s sexually frustrated friend Oscar (David Wilmot) follows advice to pursue older women and ends up in a relationship with SamвЂ™s jilted wife Noeleen (Deirdre OвЂ™Kane).

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Detective Jerry Lynch (Colm Meaney playing against his affable guy type and relishing every minute of it) is a вЂњhard as nailsвЂќ cop with an outside ego who captures the attention of tv documentarian Ben Campion (TomГЎs Г“ SГєilleabhГЎin) who wants to make вЂњedgierвЂќ reality-based programming 4.0 Overall I had the greatest pleasure of seeing the best anime of all time early on in the beginnings of watching anime.

Lehiff (Colin Farrell) is a petty thief who smooth talks his way through a few crimes and then plans a major kidnapping/heist involving many of the other characters.

DeirdreвЂ™s sister Sally (Shirley Henderson), who is recovering from an abusive relationship, and her mother, Maura (Ger Ryan), become heroes rescuing passengers from a bus crash.

John (Cillian Murphy) proposes an вЂњintermissionвЂќ to his relationship with Deirdre (Kelly Macdonald) not expecting her to take him up on it and start dating a middle-aged banker, Sam (Michael McElhatton).

ItвЂ™s hard to summarize Intermission since it involves several intersecting stories, but hereвЂ™s the basic gist: Those things are usually a turn-off for me but this movie does it well enough that it works. The movie has more brutal violence and just plain nasty characters than the word вЂњcomedyвЂќ would typically imply for me. It also has an incredible number of the top Irish actors of the time (and a couple of Scottish ones). Stylistically Intermission feels like itвЂ™s at the crossroads of Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, and The Commitments. The film is an ensemble comedy and crime caper set over several weeks in Dublin. For some reason, there are scenes and gags that stick with me 18 years later so I figured it was a good time to revisit the movie. I saw Intermission way back in 2003 and remember having mixed-to-positive feelings about it. Production Company: BSГ‰/IFB | UK Film Council

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