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Title: Glassland (2014)
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Toni Collette | ... | Jean | |
| Will Poulter | ... | Shane | |
| Jack Reynor | ... | John | |
| Michael Smiley | ... | Jim | |
| Shashi Rami | ... | Dr. Shakra | |
| Ally Ni Chiarain | ... | Woman in Taxi | |
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Laura Byrne | ... | Head Nurse |
| Dairíne Ní Dhonnchú | ... | Bridie (as Darine Ní Dhonnchadha) | |
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Graham Earley | ... | Angry Neighbour |
| Joe Mullins | ... | Taxi Driver | |
| D.J. McGrath | ... | Paul DVD Clerk | |
| Nikki Wong | ... | Girl in Car | |
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Kian Murphy | ... | Bike Kid |
| Gary Ó Nualláin | ... | Frank | |
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Melissa Maria Carton | ... | Shane's Ex |
Set in Dublin, 'Glassland' tells the story of a young taxi driver who gets tangled up in the world of human trafficking while trying to save his mother from drug addiction.
Both Toni Collette and Jack Reynor excel in their starring roles in this rather dark Irish drama. Collette portrays Jean, who is drinking herself to death, and will need a liver transplant if she can last long enough to see that day come. Reynor plays her loving and devoted son John, who's a hard working Dublin cab driver, but who is also struggling mightily trying to cope with his mother's addiction. After an honest intervention with his mother, she agrees to enter a short term government-run treatment facility, but in order to get her much needed longer term care, John will have to make some painful decisions as to how to get the money to pay for it all.
Thanks to Collette and Reynor's superb performances, along with sharp writing and direction from Irish filmmaker Gerard Barrett, the characters and situations in the film came across to me as quite realistic. As the movie progresses, it lightens up somewhat from its very morose beginnings, and may very well tug at your heartstrings.
All in all, I definitely wasn't thrilled with the film's rather ambiguous ending, but the movie, in general, came across to me as quite heart-felt, and offered a realistic look at the horrific effects of addiction on a person and those around them.