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Originally Posted by Ammi

…I loved this……I loved the mom and dad, well all of the characters…who strangely felt quite familiar in some ways as well, it felt as though I knew similar characters…not that storyline but the family were so likeable and Dessie’s relationship with his family and love for his family was a joy…there was only one thing ….

Spoiler:

…obviously the scene which showed her with George and how drunk she was, this very young girl who could have been his daughter…and how eagerly this ‘father figure’ abused that situation ….obviously that wasn’t good to watch…

….I’m also now addicted to the Lick the Tins version of I Can’t Help Falling in Love….

Spoiler:

Yes, I mean it was of it's time but nowadays we'd be calling that rape. That aside, it's such a funny film and Dessie absolutely steals the show

The film is actually an adaption of a tirlogy of books by Roddy Doyle called the Barrystown Trilogy, they're not exactly sequels about the same people but they're all centered around the same area. The Commitments and The Van are the other two, they're both very good as well (you may have seen the Commitments? the was the most famous of the 3)