The Hurler: A Campion's Tale

I'm a big GAA head so when I read that there was a film coming to the cinemas about hurling I nearly lost my head. I went to see it the weekend it came out in the cinema and I just loved it. I grew up watching D'Unbelievables so Jon Kenny alone was worth the price of admission. Marty Morrissey, John Mullane and that Hurlers Anonymous scene is unbelievable. Watched it again on Amazon Prime today on my day off and just reminded me of it all over again so came on to write this. Karl Spain as the Guard was hilarious every time he turned up to bail out Gar was so funny. Really found it so entertaining. Loved them jerseys as well would love to buy one of the bad guys purple ones!

I saw this film in the cinema back when it was out last year and felt compelled to write a little review for it since it's something I've begun enjoying to do here on IMDB.

I had seen two of the actors on a talk show we have here in Ireland and thought I would check it out given the clips shown were funny and I enjoyed both of them as talk show guests.

I hadn't a lot of expectation going in as I'm not necessarily a hurling fan but I do enjoy it and other sports but I was extremely pleasantly surprised by how much I was hooked into the story.

The acting was fantastic, not surprising considering it contains some Irish greats like Jon Kenny. The seasoned Irish comedians like David McSavage and Mario Rosenstock were brilliant in their cameos and Karl Spain stole the show as the Garda any time he turned up.

This was brilliantly put together considering it was independently made on a small budget and I was really taken by how heartfelt it was given that it is a comedy about an Irish sport. It really should've been marketed as a rom-com as that's how I watched it and enjoyed it as.

Given how it was put together with such an effort and to get released in the cinema and everything defo 10/10

Going to watch it again on Prime Video now that I know its out there.