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7.0/10   875 votes
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Writer:
Peter Mullan (writer)
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Release Date:
21 April 1999 (France) more
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Tagline:
Are YOUR parents a burden?
Plot:
Four siblings gathered together for their mother's funeral in Glasgow face individual torments over night during a tumultuous storm that rips the roof off the church. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
10 wins & 2 nominations more
User Reviews:
not really a black comedy but pretty good more (32 total)

Cast

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Douglas Henshall ... Michael
Gary Lewis ... Thomas
Rosemarie Stevenson ... Sheila
Stephen McCole ... John
Ann Swan ... Mother of Family
Gilbert Martin ... Frank
Jan Wilson ... Sandra (Woman in Bar)
Lenny Mullan ... Julian (Bar Manager)
Malcolm Shields ... Duncan
June Brogan ... Mona
Paul Doonan ... Lenny (Duncan's brother)

Linda Cuthbert ... Evelyn (Waitress in Bar)
Lex Keith ... Himself
Hugh Ferris ... Himself
Joel Strachan ... Neil (Lad in Toilet)
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Runtime:
101 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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not really a black comedy but pretty good, 30 August 2006
8/10
Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY

Supposedly this is a black comedy about grief, but I like my black comedies a bit more nasty and offensive(to everyone) than this is, but that still doesn't make this a bad film. 4 siblings deal with their mother's death, in their own ways, and some a bit less gracefully than others. One locks himself in a church for the night with the body (Thomas), one has been stabbed while trying to beat up a guy that insulted his brother (for bad Karaoke) and spends most of the evening wandering around bleeding, one (the girl) has left the church where her brother is and she's wheelchair bound, and when her battery dies she's taken in to someone's house where they're having a birthday party, and the other goes on a wild rampage with a mate and a gun, out for vengeance. This takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, and for the Scottish impaired, there are subtitles, because the accents ARE rather thick. Some good comedic moments and some fairly touching moments. Not a bad little film, it was recommended to me a couple years ago & I've just now gotten around to seeing it, and I like it, just off-beat enough to be interesting. 8 out of 10.

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