Review by SnoopyStyle

Ginger Coffey (Robert Shaw) and his wife Vera (Mary Ure) with their daughter Paulie are struggling in Montreal. He can't seem to keep a good job, but keeps hoping for a break. Vera expects him to buy boat tickets back to her family in Dublin. He finally tells her the truth. He has already spent the ticket money. He cannot stop lying and she has enough.

This is a Canadian movie that feels a lot more like a British film about the lower class. Robert Shaw has a lot to do with that and he's magnificent. This feels like a Ken Loach film. The man is spinning a lot of plates and they keep falling over.