Film Review Perrier's Bounty 
Ireland/UK. 2009. 88 min. Cert: 15. Dir: Ian Fitzgibbon. Cast: Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker
Film Review: Perrier's Bounty
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From the writer of Intermission and Boy A, Mark O’Rowe has teamed up with some of Britain’s finest actors and director Ian Fitzgibbon to produce an Irish crime caper with a hint of a western/road concept.
The film follows Michael (Cillian Murphy), a small time crook in a low place in life which is made considerably worse when he owes money to Dublin’s number one gangster Perrier. The situation escalates after his suicidal best friend and neighbour Brenda (Jodie Whittaker) shoots and kills one of Perrier’s cronies when he attempts to collect the debt that Michael owes. We then follow the two fugitives alongside Michael’s estranged father, Jim (Jim Broadbent), to escape Perrier and the enflamed situation that they find themselves in.
The performances are magnificent with Jim Broadbent leading the pack as a rugged, coke snorting, potty-mouthed yet caring father who’s convinced that he is on the brink of dying every time he falls asleep. Brendan Gleeson is perfectly chosen as the towering and mean Perrier, but he is also a sensitive soul, while Cillian Murphy is great as the young protagonist who is forced to forgive his father for his estrangement and come face to face with Perrier and his gang of muscle.
There are also supporting roles for the ‘Savage Canine Vernacular’ - a gang of canine-loving yet brutal crooks who step into the path of Michael’s situation with side splitting yet violent results.
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Posted on Monday 15th February 2010
Michael Cunneen
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