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Directed by Stephen Burke. Starring Sally Hawkins, Tom Riley, Sinead Maguire, Jade Yourell, Ariyon Bakare, Stanley Townsend, Ger Ryan. 12A cert, lim release, 104 min

Stephen Burke, director of the admired No Tears, is the latest brave soul to have a crack at breaking the jinx lurking over mainstream Irish comic films. The results are mixed.