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Title: White Irish Drinkers (2010)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Nick Thurston | ... | Brian | |
| Geoffrey Wigdor | ... | Danny | |
| Karen Allen | ... | Margaret | |
| Stephen Lang | ... | Patrick | |
| Peter Riegert | ... | Whitey | |
| Leslie Murphy | ... | Shauna | |
| Zachary Booth | ... | Todd | |
| Robbie Sublett | ... | Ray (as Robbie Collier Sublett) | |
| Michael Drayer | ... | Dennis | |
| Henry Zebrowski | ... | Jerry | |
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Ken Jennings | ... | Jimmy Cheeks |
| Regan Mizrahi | ... | Little Brian | |
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Anthony Amorim | ... | Little Danny |
| Jackie Martling | ... | Cop | |
| Jimmy Palumbo | ... | Shorty | |
It's early autumn of 1975 in Brooklyn and 18-year-old Brian Leary (Nick Thurston) is killing time, pulling off petty crimes with his street tough older brother Danny (Geoff Wigdor), whom he both idolizes and fears. He doesn't really want to be a criminal, but he doesn't share the dreams of his old friends from their working class neighborhood either. They all yearn for the culturally approved 9-to-5 Civil Service jobs with benefit packages that will carry them through weekends of beer into lazy retirement. Brian doesn't want to end up in a soul-numbing job like his buddies, but he's sure he doesn't want to be like his best friend Todd (Zachary Booth) either. Todd has betrayed their blue-collar roots by accepting a scholarship to college. But Brian has a secret -- he's a talented artist. In the basement of the bagel shop beneath his parent's apartment, he creates impressionistic charcoal and watercolor images of the stifling city that surrounds him. When he puts on his headphones and ... Written by Official site
At the beginning of this movie, I had a bit of a negative predisposition towards it. However, the longer I watched it, the more I became emotionally involved (I'm not someone who typically cries during movies; I'll occasionally tear up, but nothing like this). The characters develop, the plot improves, everything about it just gets better. This movie is definitely under appreciated by critics and the people who have given it low scores. There were times when things happened so unexpectedly and intensely that I could feel my adrenaline rushing like I was personally involved. I highly recommend White Irish Drinkers. It's a gritty, emotional, and extremely engaging story with a dark, twisted sense of humor providing occasional comic relief.