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- "An Everlasting Piece"
(Reviewed November 17, 2000)
- Barry Levinson isn't the first director who would come to mind if someone asked me to pick a guy to helm what is supposed to be one of those amusing little Irish comedies about
working-class characters and their troubles during the Troubles. In fact, he wouldn't be the one-hundred-and-first, and this movie proves why. Everyone goes through the motions of "endearing
eccentricity,"
but I honestly did not crack a single smile during this entire movie. It just lies there, as lifeless as a toupee in a gutter. The shame of it is that the film's star, one Barry McEvoy, really isn't bad. And the
script
(which he wrote) isn't completely worthless. But Levinson seems to be having no fun whatsoever with the material, and does not allow anyone involved to get out of "deadpan" mode. Begorrah, 'tis a
shame.
Back Row Grade: F
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