Film Ireland, November 1st, 2006
I Middletown
DIR Brian Kirk WRI Daragh Carville PRO Michael Casey DOP Adam Suschitzky ED Tim Murrell DES Ashleigh Jeffers CAST Matthew Macfadyen, Daniel Mays, Eva Birthistle, Gerard McSorley, Mick Lally
MIDDLETOWN IS AN ambitious, but ultimately unsuccessful film. It has all the excellent production values of a Guinness ad, but sadly the same level of character development.
In the dark days of some unspecified era (probably the '50s) a young boy's future is decided: he will train to be a priest. Fifteen years later, Gabriel (Matthew Macfadyen) returns to his hometown after long years in Afr...
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