Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Sammy-Jo Cervantes There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

SnoopyStyle Sharon Curley (Tina Kellegher) is a 20 year old living at home with her parents and many siblings. She announces that she's pregnant but refuses to name the father. She's keeping the baby (snapper). Her father Dessie (Colm Meaney) is supportive, and defends her against town gossip about the identity of the father.This is the second of Roddy Doyle's "Barrytown Trilogy". Due to rights issue, the Rabbitte family name isn't used. It's a TV movie but it does have a cinematic feel. The acting is so great especially Meaney and Kellegher. They make the characters come alive. Their boisterous personalities come across as family relations. This is both touching and funny. It is brilliant.

lord woodburry picture a Simpsons where lisa comes home and announces a blessed event that happened after a drunken liason with an unknown older man in a parking lot and decides to keep the wee "tot" and there you have colm meaney's snapperthe movie did give rise to much controversy over illegitimacy and family values. but even the simpsons teaches american legitimacy is one of the world's most questionable state of affairs. it's hard to be judgemental toward the characters. where they may fail in virtue they win in tenacity and enduraceexcellent performance by colm meany ,,, and indeed a liberal irish father he was in that the erring daughter lived to giver birth

bartj13 This may be the best of the Roddy Doyle adaptations though"The Commitments" was more popular.The depiction of everyday life in modern urban Ireland is wonderful. The family's reaction to Tina's "predicament" and the ways she copes with family and friends ring true.The only problem I had was adjusting my ear to the regional accent but this is superior acting and storytelling, and Frears direction lets both shine through.8/10

allison99 This movie manages to suck you into the bittersweet, funny family of a young girl who is pregnant but won't tell who the father is. Colm Meany is made for this role; he is totally believable. Tina Kellegher is good as the unwed mother, and Ruth McCabe as the mother is played very tongue-in-cheek. A couple of things puzzled me; when one character gave the "finger" he gave it American version, not the two-fingered "v" of the UK. Also, they referred to the baby as 7 pounds 12 ounces, not kilos. Also, the pregnant girl is hitting the bars a lot and no matter which side of the ocean you're on, you should be aware that drinking isn't cool while pregnant.Altogether, a nice slice of real people's lives.