You're Ugly Too

2015

1h 18m

Comedy

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6 Reviews

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After her mother dies, Stacey (Lauren Kinsella) moves in with her uncle Will (Aidan Gillen) in a remote region on the Irish midlands. As they slowly get to know each other, they deal with shadows of the past.

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jeff h

Aidan Gillan is such a great actor, and this is one of those nice movies, which whilst set in a pretty bleak environment has enough of an interesting backstory to hold the storyline together.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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It's nice watching this kind of movies every once in a while. It's refreshing and peaceful. Though, there's a tendency for these movies to go bland which is the case for this one.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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You're Ugly Too [Mark Noonan, 2015, Ireland] An engaging journey of two unusual characters thrown together infused with a great sense of authenticity. 7.5/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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A beautifully shot film with heartwarming performances. The script is filled with humor and pathos yet much of the story happens off screen. I watched it with some friends and we found ourselves talking for hours afterwards about the hidden back stories of the characters. A gem.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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cinegeek.de Der gegenseitige Kampf um Sympathie mit Wortwitz und allen Mitteln: You're Ugly Too! Ein Schlagabtausch des Onkels, der gerade aus dem Gefängnis kommt und seiner Nichte, die erst elf ist, ihre Mutter verloren hat und in einem Trailer lebt. Eine Familien-Komödie aus Irland. An sich gibt es aber gar keine Familie. Mark Noonan konzentriert sich in seinem Debüt einfach auf die beiden Hauptfiguren. Die Nichte Stacey ist ziemlich barsch, offensichtlich gewohnt, auf sich gestellt zu sein. Was sie weich erscheinen lässt, räumt sie beiseite - und dann schläft sie einfach ein. Stacey leidet an Narkolepsie. Will, der Onkel, versagt natürlich als Vater und vergisst, sich bei seinem Bewährungshelfer zu melden - schon schaltet sich das Jugendamt ein. You're Ugly Too wirkt zwar frech und haltlos, ist aber konzentriert strukturiert. Neben den beiden Hauptfiguren gibt es da noch den Ort (der wie ein dritter Hauptdarsteller fungiert) und die Vergangenheit, die nie ganz klar wird. Inwiefern war Will am Tod von Staceys Vater beteiligt? Warum musste er ins Gefängnis? Noonan umkreist seine Figuren langsam, offenbart deren Innerstes, ohne aufdringlich zu wirken. Es gibt keine grossen Gesten. Dafür weiss Noonan immer, wohin er mit seinem Film will - und er spendiert ganz am Ende einen witzigen Regie-Einfall... mehr auf cinegeek.de

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Mark Noonan

Director

Aidan Gillen

Will

George Pistereanu

Tibor

Erika Sainte

Emilie

Lauren Kinsella

Stacey

Kate Aughey

Girl in the pub

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Tara Brady

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Noonan and cinematographer Tom Comerford do splendid work making a comparatively short car drive look and feel like an epic road trip, and David Geraghty's score is one of the best film compositions of 2015.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 7, 2016

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Vladan Petkovic

Cineuropa

The whole cast does a good job, and it is, of course, the wildly talented [Lauren Kinsella] steals the show.

Aug 24, 2020

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Jennifer Heaton

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Gillen's repartee with the young Lauren Kinsella is charming, holding interest through the film's slower moments and the somewhat unsatisfactory conclusion.

Rated: 6.5/10

Nov 2, 2018

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Richard Drumm

Film Ireland Magazine

The attempt at stark realism despite the presence of slightly generic elements further reinforcing the weird non-tone the film seems to be going for.

Mar 28, 2018

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Carlos Marañón

Cinemanía (Spain)

It's not without charm... despite the improbability of the approach... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Feb 14, 2018

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James Marsh

South China Morning Post

Tom Comerford's muted cinematography finds a rugged beauty in such an unglamorous region of the Irish countryside, while David Geraghty's evocative score is perhaps the film's artistic standout.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 6, 2016

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Synopsis

After her mother dies, Stacey (Lauren Kinsella) moves in with her uncle Will (Aidan Gillen) in a remote region on the Irish midlands. As they slowly get to know each other, they deal with shadows of the past.

Director: Mark Noonan
Screenwriter: Mark Noonan
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 20, 2019
Runtime: 1h 18m

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