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Amazon.com:
It's hard to believe that a movie about two hairpiece salesmen in war-torn Northern Ireland--a comedy, no less--could work at all, but An Everlasting Piece does work, though perhaps not in the way one would expect. Colm (Barry McEvoy, who also wrote the screenplay) is a new barber at a mental institution and bonds with his fellow barber George (Brian F. O'Byrne) even though Colm is Catholic and George is Protestant. A new patient arrives, who turns out to have been the owner of the only wig company in all of Northern Ireland. Figuring that having a monopoly means easy money, Colm and George convince the new patient to give them his client list, and they're off on a series of rambling comic adventures, aided by Colm's girlfriend Bronagh (Anna Friel, A Midsummer Night's Dream). But when a wig is found at the site of an act of IRA sabotage, the salesmen's lives get suddenly complicated. What makes An Everlasting Piece work is not that it ignores the Irish conflict, but that it pays close attention to it; in fact, the tension of civil strife is a crucial element of the movie's humor, allowing it to dip into a more serious mood without becoming preachy or pretentious. The actors are uniformly excellent; Friel is particularly charming. A comedy about wigs sounds like goofy slapstick; An Everlasting Piece is actually thoughtful and richly human. Directed by Barry Levinson (Diner, Rain Man, Wag the Dog). --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - everlasting piece
i saw this movie in 2000 and i just had to buy it it is truly a funny movie
Rating:  - a poignant depiction
The cover of this movie is misleading, as it shows a globe covered with a hair piece. The story is a bit more local than this. It is set right in the middle of a volatile northern Ireland. But the hair piece is fairly indicative of the movie's geist. The characters and the story are original and memorable. Some of the plot twists and dialogue are downright hilarious. But what is most striking is depiction of northern ireland and it's volatile situation. There are many things in here that we americans, ... Read More
Rating: - An Everlasting Piece
I enjoyed it but it got a bit outlandish at the end.
Rating: - Brilliant Piece
If you ever longed for the feeling you were left with after watching The Commitments, and wondered was something like that ever possible in one life time? Do not miss An Everlasting Piece! Hillarious send up of the Forign Establishment in N Ireland. Anyone who can't laugh at this deserves to scalped!
Rating: - Brilliant.. captured northern irish humour to a tee!
being from northern ireland and understanding the impact of the troubles and sectarianism i found this lighthearted comedy a great movie to watch and i laughed the whole way through. the belfast dialect means that some people who dont understand would be left out in the dark, some of the terms used might not be understood to some while to others it will piece the whole movie together. The movie shows how the majority of people from here can take the mick out of the situation, and how even though a it can ... Read More
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