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Hard Times

Original title: Holy Water
  • 20092009
  • RR
  • 1h 34m
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5.9/10
2.7K
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John Lynch, Dermot Crowley, Lochlann O'Mearáin, Cian Barry, and Cornelius Clarke in Hard Times (2009)
The village of Kilcoulins Leap was once a thriving spa town, and was home to a famous Holy Well, but now offers little by way of employment for its people, and its decline seems inexorable. When local Postie, Podger Byrnes, comes up with a plan to hijack a consignment of Viagra, and sell it on the open market in Amsterdam, his friends are desperate enough to try it. Not counting on the muscular response of Viagra's makers, the boys panic and hide the lorry load of Viagra down the town's Holy Well.
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The town of Kilcoulin's Leap will never be the same after a down-on-his-luck mailman botches a get-rich-quick scheme.The town of Kilcoulin's Leap will never be the same after a down-on-his-luck mailman botches a get-rich-quick scheme.The town of Kilcoulin's Leap will never be the same after a down-on-his-luck mailman botches a get-rich-quick scheme.
IMDb RATING
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    • Michael O'Mahony
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    • John Lynch
    • Cornelius Clarke
    • Lochlann O'Mearáin
    • Tom Reeve
    • Michael O'Mahony
  • Stars
    • John Lynch
    • Cornelius Clarke
    • Lochlann O'Mearáin
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    • 25User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Holy Water
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    Linda Hamilton, Tom Lister Jr., John Lynch, and Lochlann O'Mearáin in Hard Times (2009)
    Linda Hamilton, Tom Lister Jr., John Lynch, and Lochlann O'Mearáin in Hard Times (2009)
    The Priest leads the mourners at Dermot's funeral
    Someone in the village has money if they can afford an Ascari, Donal helps a young lady out.
    Sean, Podger, Donal and Gaffer are caught searching the river
    Gaffer, Donal, Sean and Podger pose by the fruits of their crime
    Sixpac, Cory and Kimberly arrive to take over the investigation
    #LisaCatara  and #LindaHamilton on the set of "Holy Water" (aka Hard Times) in the UK.
     Lisa Catara  with  Linda Hamilton, Stanley Townsend, Angeline Ball and Tiny Lister in "Hard Times".

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    John Lynch
    John Lynch
    • Tom Gaffney
    Cornelius Clarke
    Cornelius Clarke
    • Podger Byrnes
    Lochlann O'Mearáin
    Lochlann O'Mearáin
    • Donal O'Connell
    • (as Lochlann O'Mearain)
    Cian Barry
    Cian Barry
    • Sean Casey
    Susan Lynch
    Susan Lynch
    • Geraldine Gaffney
    Deirdre Mullins
    Deirdre Mullins
    • Kate Mulvey
    Linda Hamilton
    Linda Hamilton
    • Cory Williams
    Tom Lister Jr.
    Tom Lister Jr.
    • SixPac Jordan
    • (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister)
    Stanley Townsend
    Stanley Townsend
    • Inspector Brian Hogan
    Angeline Ball
    Angeline Ball
    • PC Anne Mooney
    Ray Callaghan
    • Uncle Tim
    Frank Dunne
    • Old Ned Lynch
    Dermot Crowley
    Dermot Crowley
    • Father Grogan
    Pascal Scott
    • Mihal Casey
    Marianne March
    Marianne March
    • Sheila Casey
    Lisa Catara
    Lisa Catara
    • Kimberley Lopez
    Dara Clear
    • Pat
    Conor Moloney
    • Mike
      • Tom Reeve
      • Michael O'Mahony
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    • Trivia
      Won Best Film at the first ever New York's Friars Club Comedy Film Festival in September 2009.
    • Quotes

      Podger Byrnes: The American Swat Fellas, You should see the big fella they have with them. God! the big black fella he took out a big sniffer, and waived it all over me.

      Donal O'Connell: Yeagh! Well, will be seeing a lot more of that in prison!

    • Crazy credits
      Coq au Vin (serves 6) 1 Large Coq 18 shallots, 1 Bouquet Garni 1 litre Coq Stock 200 g diced back bacon 6 cloves garlic, 1 bottle of Merlot Method: Have your butcher prepare your Coq into 8 joints. Fry your coq pieces until a lovely golden colour forms, set aside. Fry bacon, add garlic and then shallots until a lovely golden colour emerges. Add above ingredients to your lovely golden Coq and keep frying in a casserole dish. Pour on Coq stock and bring to boil, add wine, put a lid back on and simmer, then... do the laundry, collect kids from school, do more groceries, rant and rave at the state of the traffic and congestion charges. Rush home, put youngest kid on naughty step. Cry briefly in laundry room, set table and Serve Coq with crusty bread... Then make pasta and ketchup because the kids don't like it. Give up, have a drink, and go to bed crying. Feck the dishes, you are nobody's slave!
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    8/10
    A fun, feel-good movie
    In a sleepy Irish village, nothing much is happening and the only exciting part of everyone's week is when the local band play in the pub. Then with job cuts and no prospects of financial security, local postman, Podger Burns (Cornelius Clarke), hatches a plan to hijack a shipment of Viagra and together with his band-mates (John Lynch, Lochlainn O Mearin, Cian Barry), the heist is set in motion. This is a fun film. It reminded me a little of A Fish Called Wanda, Waking Ned and many of the old Ealing Comedies. Full of Irish character actors, bursting with charm, good performances, this is an ideal way to spend 90 minutes. There are some truly comic moments and the dialogue cracks along. There's something for everyone here.
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    • rkeen80
    • May 27, 2010

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      • June 2013 (United States)
      • Ireland
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      • Devon, England, UK
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      • Centurion
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    • 1 hour 34 minutes
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