Life's a Breeze

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Life's a Breeze

R

2014

1h 30m

Comedy

Drama

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An unemployed slacker (Pat Shortt), his aged mother (Fionnula Flanagan) and his niece (Kelly Thornton) must overcome their many differences to find a lost fortune.

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

Life's a Breeze spins a sitcom plot into passable yet predictable entertainment.

Rated: 2/4

Nov 6, 2014

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Radheyan Simonpillai

NOW Toronto

Flanagan and appealing newcomer Kelly Thornton, as Nan's teenage granddaughter, deliver the only tolerable performances, probably because they don't say much, and like us, just observe the silliness on display.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 6, 2014

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

As amiable and windswept as its title promises, for better or worse.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 19, 2014

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

While the film may play on the slight side, it's engaging and enjoyable.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 10, 2019

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Paul Chambers

Movie Chambers

Yes, if it wasn't for the salty language, this might just be a TV movie. But, I liked it.

Rated: B

Jan 24, 2015

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

Despite the occasional emotional overtones, this is really a very light and enjoyable comedy.

Dec 24, 2014

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Shay W

It was hard to watch. The characters were poorly written and not many were likeable. The story, nonsensical. A pity as Fionnuala Flanagan is a quite a force to be reckoned with when given a good role.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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Audience Member

Funny and heartwarming film about an Irish family and the search for an old mattress containing a fortune.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Grandmother and granddaughter watch the madness of Dublin in poor economic times swirl around them and at the end they find some quiet joy. It made me smile.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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not much of a "comedy"...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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While this movie offers some amusing and charming moments, the filmmaker seems to be totally content to follow the standard by-the-numbers style of mediocre TV movies. Curiously, elements of the story seem to beg for further examination but the filmmaker has opted to ignore the pleas. Neither good or bad -- Life's A Breeze is just sort of limply there.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Life's a Breeze is easy going fare, light comedy set in Ireland. An old lady's family raids her house while she's not there, gives it a thorough cleaning and upgrade. In the process there's a fortune in Euros hidden in her mattress, and we're off to the races, or should I say landfills. Good family fun if you're in a silly mood.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Synopsis

An unemployed slacker (Pat Shortt), his aged mother (Fionnula Flanagan) and his niece (Kelly Thornton) must overcome their many differences to find a lost fortune.

Director: Lance Daly
Producer: Jessica Ask, Lance Daly, Macdara Kelleher, Martin Persson
Screenwriter: Lance Daly
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Film Väst, Irish Film Board, Anagram, Fastnet Films
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 19, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 27, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.5K
Runtime: 1h 30m

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