Black Irish

2007

Drama

4
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 2737 2.7K

baseball melancholy dysfunctional family hospital irish catholic intense

Plot summary

In South Boston, where Irish roots run deep and Catholic tradition reigns, two brothers face similar hardships but lead far different lives. While older brother Terry descends into drugs and crime, 16-year-old Cole vies to make the state baseball championships - but must struggle to withstand his brother's destructive influence.

Director

Brad Gann Photo
Brad Gann

Top cast

Emily VanCamp Photo
Emily VanCamp as Kathleen McKay
Brendan Gleeson Photo
Brendan Gleeson as Desmond McKay
Tom Guiry Photo
Tom Guiry as Terry McKay
Melissa Leo Photo
Melissa Leo as Margaret McKay
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880.23 MB
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English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 35 min
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1.6 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 35 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Raging_Bull27 8 / 10

Black Irish

A young man struggles to grow up with principles as his family begins to self-destruct around him in this coming of age drama. Cole McKay (Michael Angarano) is a boy in his middle-teens growing up in an Irish-Catholic family in Boston. While Cole has dreams of playing major league baseball some day, his parents Desmond (Brendan Gleeson) and Margaret (Melissa Leo) are blind to his ambitions, and his older brother Terry (Tom Guiry) is a petty criminal who is unwittingly drawing Cole into his orbit. While Margaret is obsessed with projecting an image that the McKay family are happy and God-fearing folk, Desmond has been sinking deeper into depression ever since he lost his job, and his marriage is slowly but surely falling apart. The family's pride takes a body blow when Cole's teenage sister Kathleen (Emily Van Camp) discovers she's pregnant, but Cole decides it's time he took on some adult responsibilities, and gets himself a part-time job at a restaurant. Black Irish was the first directorial effort for screenwriter Brad Gann.
Reviewed by escobar0813 8 / 10

Deep movie

I thought for sure that Black Irish was going to be like Southie packed with crime. Turns out this movie goes for a deeper more troubling look at turmoil within in a family. That's what made this one so good. You've got the good brother who is a baseball star who has to live in the shadow of what his no good brother does as a low level street punk. The teenage sister gets knocked up bringing more shame to the family. The father is a tortured man down on his luck with a history of failure. The mother is the bread winner trying to hold the family together. All in all it's not an uplifting movie to watch. It does have heart and great acting. A gem of a movie to see.
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