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The Delinquent Season

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The Delinquent Season

Released Nov 9, 2018

1h 44m

Drama

Romance

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Two couples in suburban Dublin appear to live in marital bliss until an altercation between one of the couples occurs, which leads to cracks appearing in both marriages.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

O'Rowe... evokes both a theatrical and literary sense of narrative, with scenes effectively unfolding like well-honed chapters.

Nov 8, 2018

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Mark O'Rowe will undoubtedly direct a brilliant piece of cinema someday. The Delinquent Season is not it.

Rated: 2/5

May 2, 2018

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Sura Wood

Bay Area Reporter

Volatile and a tad short in the love-and-understanding department, Scott becomes one of the wronged parties in the movie's equation...

Jun 17, 2020

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Alex Heeney

Seventh Row

[Cillian] Murphy is fascinating as a well-meaning man who is regularly a jerk, and the film slowly excavates his psychology; Murphy is especially still in this, as other people orbit around him and push his life in various directions.

Feb 29, 2020

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Irene Falvey

Film Ireland Magazine

[Delinquent Season] acutely highlights the fragile nature of modern relationships through extremely human and engaging characters.

May 25, 2018

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Chris Wasser

The Herald (Ireland)

The whole darn thing is overwritten. Everyone is on autopilot. Everyone can do better. Nobody - especially a sleepy [Cillian] Murphy - is aware of just how bad a film they're dealing with.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 30, 2018

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Jane D

This story starts off and you instinctively know what's going to go down. Couples from similar backgrounds get together, talk, have a glass of wine and go home. Except its not enough for one of the women who craves attention and finds it in her friend's husband. They go along having an affair and pledging their love for each other. However her lover fails to mention her husband is dying and he takes advantage of that situation. It's sad that the characters in this little game are so weak and creepy. They all get what they deserve in the end.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/25

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Andreas M

A deep dive into love, sexuality, betrayal, death, and human emotions. Highly recommend it. It gets better with each viewing

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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Kim T

Well acted, great character development, great dialogue and so much truth to the tale.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/26/24

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Paula T

I just watched this movie it seems I can't stop thinking about it. I truly think that Jim loved Yvonne she told him to go away and he did now she wants him back what did she think he was going to put his life on hold . I truly think that Orla loves him I don't know if he loves her I just want him to be happy. His life was a mess for a long time now Yvonne know's the pain that Jim felt what goes around comes around.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/11/24

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This review is a spoiler. I find Cillian Murphy to be quite a beautiful man and am a great fan. I cried at the end of this movie. I feel this is a sad and cautionary tale of infidelity. It is easy to be aroused and led astray in the moment, particularly by a manipulative person who feels they have nothing to lose but much to gain. Marriage and children are very special. Married people need to take care of their special relationship. I don't think that Cillian's character Jim was unhappy or looking for a sexual relationship. Yvonne just threw herself at Cillian/Jim. Jim was weak and did not back off like Chris did when he was in a similar situation. Yvonne messed up Jim and threw him off track. He paid a high price. I was glad Jim rejected Yvonne in the end as she was manipulative. There are lots of movies about infidelity. I felt this movie was real.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/23

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Yani A

Nah, i cant accept the ending. Poor Jim

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/27/23

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Synopsis

Two couples in suburban Dublin appear to live in marital bliss until an altercation between one of the couples occurs, which leads to cracks appearing in both marriages.

Director: Mark O'Rowe
Producer: Ruth Coady, Alan Moloney
Screenwriter: Mark O'Rowe
Distributor: Blue Fox Entertainment
Production Co: Parallel Film Productions Ltd., Metrol Technology, Head Gear Films
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 9, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 9, 2018
Runtime: 1h 44m

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