Pixie

Modern day Ireland. Pixie (Olivia Cooke) is out to avenge the death of her mother and start a new life - but when a botched drug heist threatens the truce between her gangster father (Colm Meaney) and church leader Father Hector (Alec Baldwin) she finds herself on the run with two strangers (Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack) who are as eager to start a new life as she is.

Pixie Hardy (Olivia Cooke) is a smart, funny and manipulating tease. Exactly the kind of woman your mum would warn you away from (but also the kind she's secretly rooting for). Pixie is joined by hapless companions Frank (Ben Hardy) and Harland (Daryl McCormack) when the aftermath of a botched drug heist, involving Catholic priests, sees them thrust together introducing Alec Baldwin's shady Father Hector.

With the first half hour spent establishing the trio's characters (and teenage jokes) the film is in no rush to get going. More time is spent introducing the lead characters and setting up the uncomplicated plot (how to get rid of an absurd amount of drugs) rather than cutting to the chase.

Almost a hybrid of Snatch, Hot Fuzz and On the Road, this is a fun take on the classic road-trip film. The sense of adventure and threat of the story is balanced with an undercurrent of dark humour.

Whether panning across the countryside, rural areas of Sligo or the Irish coastline, the cinematography here is stunning. Great care has been taken to capture the feeling of isolation - the sights of Ireland's West Coast are truly beautiful.

With a cast of supporting characters and short cameos (Colm Meaney, Dylan Moran) this is a fun ride - But It's definitely Pixie's show and Olivia Cooke's mesmerising performance without a doubt carries this.

I lost count of how many people got shot, I think it was 4 before the opening credits, that's why it's a 15 The comedy does fit in with the violence and drugs, somehow. There is some spectacular Irish scenery, that made it worth watching in the cinema. Overall, it's fun but a bit mixed up. It's not terrible.

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.

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.

Came across this quite by chance, and what a little gem of a film. Double crossing and more double crossing with Pixie manipulating everyone who crosses her path. Think Guy Richie on a low budget, that kind of story, but Irish instead of Cockneys. Well worth a watch if you like gangster flicks. I wouldn't rate it as a comedy, but the humour is there, and quite dark it is. It is what it is, a very enjoyable watch.