Redemption of a Rogue

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Redemption of a Rogue

2020

1h 35m

Comedy

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Jimmy carries a leather, black doctor's bag around with him containing the rope he plans to hang himself with. He returns home to the fictional town of Ballylough to the cold austere beauty of West Cavan to seek salvation for sins committed in the past before saying goodbye.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

The film lurches forward in stops and starts, rather than with a smooth narrative flow. Still, there is great commitment and compassion here, a sense of life’s bitter absurdity.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 29, 2022

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Alissa Simon

Variety

Doherty displays winning confidence, visual imagination and stylistic bravura as he elevates a witty but foul-mouthed village comedy into something more provocative and universal.

Feb 14, 2022

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

There are only so many grim jokes to be wrung from a noose, but Irish writer-director Philip Doherty has a good go with this gloomy comedy.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 3, 2021

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Graeme Tuckett

Stuff.co.nz

While Redemption of a Rogue has some wonderful moments, it is also feels compiled from scenes that don't quite join up, or even quite tell us the same story.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 23, 2023

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

As a story of emotional growth, the film slightly overreaches, but it's entertaining as a collection of odd characters, unpredictable events, funny ideas and melancholy songs.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 3, 2021

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Aine O'Connor

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

The film is full of ideas. It is also full of humour, from running jokes to visual gags.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 2, 2021

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Graham Y

Quirky, darkly comic and resplendent with odd characters, this film was an unexpected surprise. The episodic scenes full of sharp, funny dialogue looked like Wes Anderson had been condemned to make a film in the Irish winter with all his pastel colours cleansed away by the endless rain. Well written and beautifully acted.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/30/23

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margaret o

What an unexpected delight. I just loved this crazy surreal film, beautifully scripted, cast and acted. A little piece of movie perfection

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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clare k

Deadpan performances, great music, terrible weather! This film reminded me of Wes Anderson movies - weird, absurd but heartfelt.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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jonathan m

This film tests the boundary of just how bleak a black comedy can be. It's as if the Irish director has said "Nobody does cynicism and sarcasm like the Irish, you just watch this!". Depressing watch with universally unlikeable characters, albeit quite well done but. I got a bit obsessed with Aisling O'Mara's accent - was she supposed to be be East European? Cetainly her odd accent suggested so, it was hard to tune into as a non-Irish person. Perhaps her name Masha was the clue.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Boring, almost like an Irish version of The Doors

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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I enjoyed this quirky movie. But, there is one scene near the end that is very triggering for people bereaved by suicide. It could have been directed more kindly.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Synopsis

Jimmy carries a leather, black doctor's bag around with him containing the rope he plans to hang himself with. He returns home to the fictional town of Ballylough to the cold austere beauty of West Cavan to seek salvation for sins committed in the past before saying goodbye.

Director: Philip Doherty
Producer: Emma Foley, Tamryn Reinecke
Screenwriter: Philip Doherty
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: British English
Runtime: 1h 35m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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