Waiting for Dublin (2007)

Director:

Roger Tucker

Writer:

Chuck Conaway (writer)

Genre:

Romance

Tagline:

Love is a battlefield.

Plot:

On New Year's Eve 1944, American pilot Mike Clarke (Andrew Keegan) inadvertently bets Al Capone's nephew $10,000...

Plot Keywords:

Pilot | 1944 | New Year's Eve | Place Name In Title | City Name In Title

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Des Braiden	...	Father Quinlan
Jenne Decleir	...	Dinky
Guido De Craene	...	Kluge
Sheila Flitton	...	Old Crone
Kevin Flood	...	Dr. Mahoney
Don Foley	...	Eamonn
Tristan Hickey	...	Major Forbes
Andrew Keegan	...	Mike
Frank Kelly	...	Thaddius
Maria Anastacia Keogh	...	Swing Dancer
Pat Laffan	...	Paddy
Jack Lynch	...	Mr. Kelleher
Hugh O'Conor	...	Twickers
Karl Sheils	...	Vito
Britta Smith	...	Mrs. Kelleher
David Wilmot	...	Heneghan
Jade Yourell	...	Maggie

Runtime:

Germany:84 min (European Film Market) | USA:83 min

Country:

Belgium

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

Airport, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

Company:

Corsan

enjoyable if minor little comedy

"Waiting For Dublin" is a modest, unassuming little charmer set in the peaceful Irish countryside just a few months prior to the end of World War II (Ireland being a "neutral" country in the conflict). Mike (Andrew Keegan) is an American fighter pilot whose plane goes off course, stranding him and his British co-pilot, "Twickers" (Hugh O'Connor), in a village just chock full of lovable eccentrics and cranks, brimming over with thick brogues and quaint, old-fashioned country ways. Mike is also one "kill" shy of the five he needs to officially become a flying ace and to win the $10,000 bet he inadvertently made with Al Capone's nephew back in the States right before heading off to war. The opportunity for achieving that goal comes in the form of a German flyer who finds himself stuck in the same town. Now all Mike has to do is to somehow convince the affable chap to let him shoot him out of the sky so the American can claim his fifth victim and win both his title and his wager.

With cleverness and wit and more than a touch of the customary blarney, "Waiting For Dublin" doesn't add up to very much in the end, but the truth is it really doesn't care that it doesn't - and, quite frankly, neither do we. For its greatest charm lies in its not trying to be anything more than just a pleasantly innocuous, no-sweat-no-strain kind of offbeat diversion. And at that it succeeds very well - even if it does go off the rails a bit towards the end. Pleasant performances, lovely cinematography, and a fine sense of atmosphere are just icing on the cake.

It's not a movie you're likely to remember much about years after having seen it, but it makes for enjoyable enough viewing while you're at it.