The Last of the High Kings

1996 "When school ends... and life begins."
6.1| 1h42m| en
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It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer organising a beach party, having lustful thoughts about two girls he believes are unobtainable and fending off the advances from a visiting American family friend, all whilst coping with his oddball family.

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Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!
Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.
Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Travis_Bickle01 Fine drama about an Irish family. The story is nothing new but the movie is very entertaining. There are some big names related to this movie. Gabriel Byrne was co-writer of the screenplay, producer and actor in this movie. There's also a small but funny role for Stephen Rea as a cab driver. The leading role is for Jared Leto, the guy who played also one of the leading role is the outstanding movie "Requiem for a dream". In "The last of the high kings" he also gives a good performance. Furthermore we have Emily Mortimer who gives an excellent performance as the sweet and beautiful Romy Thomas. Christina Ricci, who we know from "The opposite of Sex" is also in this movie as Erin.In general this is a entertaining and sometimes funny movie, although there's nothing special in it. 7/10
joeinwpb Possibly the worst movie I ever rented. It was listed as a comedy. There was no humor whatsoever in the whole thing. I've never been duped so badly in renting a movie. What a bummer. I only feel bad that I couldn't give a rating lower than a 1.
nscli4578 regardless what some would think about this movie...it was a great movie...those who don't like it probably stay pretty much on the side of the "shoot em up...kill em...kick em...punch em...destroy" type movies. For those who are more down to earth.. you will probably enjoy this movie emensely...
Deneb I was surprised when watching this movie at what a good actress Catherine O'Hara is. I have seen her in many roles before, but no other role let her shine as she did in this movie. I was also surprised at Jarod Leto's ability, and range. I would have liked to have seen more of Gabriel Byrne.