Pixie: Mit ihr ist nicht zu spaßen!

I sort of liked parts of this movie, and was a bit let down by the holes in it.

Olivia was breezy and cool but a lot of what happened to her seemed like good luck, but the film made it out to be clever calculation. I had to suspend quite a bit more disbelief than I was comfortable with.

There were some funny and clever plot points here. Colin Meaney's step dad character was nice, although he was playing a character we've seen him do a lot.

Not sure where they were going with the cross dressing forced bi thing but, it was mildly funny, and would have had more impact if it wasn't just some rudderless character inflicting herself on an admittedly already crooked world. 2 Wrongs don't make a right here either.

In-between the handful of clever plot ideas there were a lot of bog standard tropes and this is probably why this movie wasn't more successful. The holes really did drag it down and make it hard to root for anyone.

I really like a lot of the actors and components of this film but the whole was less than the sum of its parts and I left feeling conflicted.

I wanted to love it, but, it fell short of that.

This was overall a pretty solid crime film. It had comedy, some good action and a cute girl lead. Olivia cooke does a pretty good irish accent, so does alec baldwin for that mater. She is fantastic and adds so much character to the film. The run time is perfect to keep the film compact but at the same time helps it flow in a good way. The rest of cast I fell also add their own flares to their roles and even down to the shoot out in the church it is all pretty well done. Ben hardy and daryl.mccormac as our second leads are interesting and work well in the threesome dynamic. And lastly colm meaney who is always a fun addition to any cast. Overall I feel this film was fun and ticked all the right boxes.

Pixie is a simply to follow film. The three lead actors give great performances. I'd not watched the trailers before going in so seeing Alec Baldwin was a pleasant surprise, however he is very underused, only showing up late on then returning for the finale. Olivia Cooke is great as Pixie, her Irish accent very rarely slipping. The film is very well directed, the only place is falls down is towards the end the characters begin to make silly decisions and it becomes very predictable. However this film flows along very well at 1 hour 33 minutes and supplies some good laughs here and there, as well as utilising the stunning scenery.

The best way to describe Pixie is it's an Irish comedy western .

It stars Olivia Cooke ( Pixie) ,who to avenge her mother's death , masterminds a heist with two lads , they flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on her father and nasty step brother and confront a bunch of psychopathic priests .

I have to say I was really disappointed with this . Considering it has Alec Baldwin , Ned Dennehy and Colm Meaney in it , I was expecting something with far more substance but instead , all I got was a ridiculously over the top , not very funny , comedy.

The best thing about the film is Olivia Cooke . Her character is clever and she users her charm to manipulate the two boys well but even that charm wears off after a a while for the viewer .

The climax of the film , in the church is utterly ridiculous . Director Barnaby Thompson tries to nurture his inner Tarantino but fails miserably I'm afraid , although it is interesting to see Alec Baldwin with a gun in his hand !

If you are considering watching this - Stop . Go find a film called Calm With Horses instead - Also set in Ireland but one hundred times better than this caper .

If Quentin Tarantino and Guy Richie had a love child, this is it. I enjoy both these directors/writers and enjoyed this comic crime romp. No clever editing, just a fun tale well told.