Synopsis:

Three Irish Catholic brothers from Long Island struggle to deal with love, marriage, and infidelity.

Brian's Rating: B+ : This was a very good low budget, indie romantic comedy.  It reminded me a whole lot of "Clerks" in regards to how the dialog of the characters would interact.  It has the same low budget, good script writing feel to it.  Another similar feeling movie that comes to mind is "Swingers".  Acting in it wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible either.

This won some acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival back when it was released in 1995, and the acclaim is well deserved.  Its a simple story of 3 Irish brothers that come together to live in their parents house for a short while.  They each have a difference romantic context, and the movie watches these three story arcs play out.  The humor in it is mostly dry, the kind that makes me laugh.  As mentioned before, the movie really shines in the interplay between the characters.

I would have easily put this in the A range if it was not for an ending that was tiresome and unoriginal.  There were so many ways that the director could have taken the 3 endings that would have been cool.  Instead, he opted for the boring old mainstream love-always-wins type thing.

A final note, it was written, produced, and directed by the guy who plays "Barry" in the cast (one of the brothers).  He did a good job.

Break out of your mainstream movies for a bit and give this (or other) indie films a try.  You just may like what you find.

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