I Went Down

R

1997

1 hr. 45 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

84%

19 Reviews

Tomatometer

86%

500+ Ratings

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Just released from jail, Git Hynes (Peter McDonald) pays a visit to his best friend, Anto (David Wilmot), and lives to regret it. Git catches Anto being pummeled by gangsters who are collecting on a debt and, in defending his friend, Git unwittingly scars the nephew of a noted Dublin kingpin. As punishment, Anto agrees to work for the syndicate -- traveling with dull-headed hood Bunny Kelly (Brendan Gleeson) on an assignment that proves to be anything but simple.

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An epic dark comedy with mismatched buddies who compliment each other well. Exceptional performances, especially by Brendan Gleeson. It's an oldie, but absolutely worth watching.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Ethan T

Enough funny and profound moments to offset the more disappointing ones. Gleeson is typically magnetic.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/21

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Amazing Dark Comedy, with a superb cast.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Frances H

Cute Irish crime buddy movie with Brendan Gleeson being his usual crude humorous charming self.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/09/13

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"At the end of the day you're an asshole." So you finish an 18 month stint in the big house, come out and have to deal with the reality of your girlfriend in a relationship with one of your friends. To make matters worse, that friend is about to have his hand hammered to death and what do you do? You intervene like the good friend that you are. Unfortunately that doesn't do you no good. Because one of the hoods that you did harm to when saving your friend happen to be related to a mob boss named Mr. French. Mr. French doesn't like you which is why he's tasked you with carrying on your friends debt. In order to work it off, Mr. French assigns you to go with a mobster named Bunny Kelly to pick up an associate named Frank Grogan who holding some money for Mr. French. The task at hand seems to be easy, but you do not know Bunny Kelly. Bunny Kelly has the look of an Irish Elvis. His mutton chops are fucked up as is his persona. He's funny about cars and getting caught and one time while in the big house he may have given a bloke a blowjob (I guess that explains the title). Paranoid? Yeah he is a little bit. He even goes as far to not trust Frank. You see, once Frank has been found and brought along on the road trip back, Frank goes on about the money not being the reason as to why Mr. French wants him brought back. It's really because Frank has been fucking Mr. French's wife. The problem is whether or not to believe Frank when he says things like this and Bunny is a simple man. However, you aren't simple and want to fuck things up by helping Frank. Bunny only wants him dumped (dropped off) and that be it. So, you help botch the job of Frank's head getting blown off and with Frank looking to buy you out with the help of Bunny you might as well say that the days of Mr. French are soon to be over thanks to Frank. This wasn't as dark as I thought It'd be, but the characters are fully fleshed out and the direction was your typical indie film slice of life. Brendan Gleeson gives a great performance as usual and was pretty funny at times.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Brendan Gleeson was very funny in this movie. The plot was alright, it wasn't very genius.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Paddy Breathnach

Director

Brendan Gleeson

Bunny Kelly

Peter McDonald

Git Hynes

Peter Caffrey

Frank Grogan

Tony Doyle

Tom French

Antoine Byrne

Sabrina Bradley

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Rated: 3/4

Apr 12, 2002

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

It takes the form of a road movie and the materials of gangster movies (do real gangsters learn how to act by watching movies?), but what happens is beside the point. It's what they say while it's happening that makes the movie so entertaining.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Marjorie Baumgarten

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Rated: 4.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Cole Smithey

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Almost perfect.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 5, 2009

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 3/5

Aug 8, 2005

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Josh Ralske

All Movie Guide

Rated: 3/5

Jul 11, 2004

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Synopsis

Just released from jail, Git Hynes (Peter McDonald) pays a visit to his best friend, Anto (David Wilmot), and lives to regret it. Git catches Anto being pummeled by gangsters who are collecting on a debt and, in defending his friend, Git unwittingly scars the nephew of a noted Dublin kingpin. As punishment, Anto agrees to work for the syndicate -- traveling with dull-headed hood Bunny Kelly (Brendan Gleeson) on an assignment that proves to be anything but simple.

Director: Paddy Breathnach
Executive Producer: Mark Shivas, David Collins, Rod Stoneman
Production Co: BBC
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $447.9K
Sound Mix: Surround

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