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Ordinary Decent Criminal [2000] | ![Ordinary Decent Criminal [2000]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MY9GQ7AZL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Thaddeus O'sullivan
Actors: Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Mullan, Stephen Dillane, Helen Baxendale
Studio: Icon
Category: Video
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 3054
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
EAN: 5014780929180
ASIN: B000056WO2
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: March 26, 2001
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 rubbish December 5, 2006
sean paul mccann (ireland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
ah the never ending idea of getting in established actors to play irish people and adapt an accent that makes me ill never ceases to dull my senses but if the film is decent enough then i can learn to move on,with ordinary decent criminals that notion doesnt apply as the film is a howler from start to finish.
The film had to be altered at the last minute,the original film was centred around real life crime lord martin cahill,but then the film makers heard that a film about him was already being made,(the general) so the script was altered even if a few similarities remain.
The film is devoid of soul and the pace is lazy,i believe there are funny parts in here,they didnt find me,spacey looks uncomfortable here and it is one film that i can almost bet he didnt appear in as his cv is of the highest calibre,not worth your time.
The General. John Boorman. September 24, 2006
Brendan O. Clarke (Edinburgh)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is based on the Irish gangster Martin Cahill, who was shot dead by the IRA in 1995. However, Ordinary Decent Criminal is at pains to point out that it is a fictitious story and not based on anyone in particular, but the similarities it shares with John Boorman's The General (a masterpiece) are at times overwhelming.
In both movies, the lead character keeps his face covered whenever in public, both pull off significant art-related thefts, and there are even scenes here which appear to be taken shot by shot from Boorman's film.
Most of what happens in the movie is true.
That's about the only interesting thing about the movie. The Irish accents by the largely American cast (Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorantino) are terrible.
The script is poor. At a glance you'd think all Irish people use the F word in every sentence.
In conclusion, this is a poor movie, you just feel like you've seen it all before, and done much better than this rubbish.
 Criminally Underated January 15, 2004
J. Batchelor (Cardiff)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This film is brilliant, i bought it just because i fancied buying a film and it was cheap and i was glad i did.
Kevin Spacey gives a great performance (as always) in what is a clever and funny film that grabs you right from the start and and drops you off at a great ending.
If it's cheap, buy it, i did.
 Not a bad film at all! January 9, 2003
H. Trivass
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
As a huge Kevin Spacey fan, and after hearing some good reviews on this film, I just had to buy it!While this isn't Spacey's finest work he is very good at playing an Irish criminal master-mind (he even pulls off a very good accent!)who is brilliant at fooling the police who are always left looking and feeling very stupid! This is very funny at times, but it also drags at times. It gets slow in the middle before the really exciting and un-expected ending! Good stuff!
a much watch for irish and kevin spacey lovers February 22, 2002
cel_298x@hotmail.com (scotland)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
this must be kevin spaceys best movie to date, he plays a true irish rogue. excellent storyline and funny with it. i can see why he has two wives, they couldnt resist him in this.
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