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Omagh

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Omagh (2004)

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Reviews Counted:8

Fresh:7

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: On August 15, 1998, an Irish separatist group known as the Real IRA detonated a car bomb in the small market town of Omagh, Northern Ireland, claiming the lives of 31 people and injuring hundreds... On August 15, 1998, an Irish separatist group known as the Real IRA detonated a car bomb in the small market town of Omagh, Northern Ireland, claiming the lives of 31 people and injuring hundreds of others. Screenwriter Paul Greengrass dramatizes the tragic event in the Irish telefilm OMAGH, centering the action on the real-life story of one grieving father's search for justice. After losing his 21-year-old son in the blast, mild-mannered auto mechanic Michael Gallagher (Irish actor Gerald McSorley, himself an Omagh native) becomes an outspoken advocate for the victims' families as they find themselves increasingly sidelined by an indifferent bureaucracy. Like Greengrass's 2002 directorial effort, BLOODY SUNDAY, OMAGH employs a cinema-verite style marked by handheld video and gritty photography for documentary-like realism and heightened emotional impact. [More]

Starring: Gerard McSorley, Michèle Forbes, Brenda Fricker

Starring: Gerard McSorley, Michèle Forbes, Brenda Fricker

Director: Pete Travis

Director: Pete Travis
Screenwriter: Paul Greengrass, Guy Hibbert
Producer: Paul Greengrass

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"Omagh" is an example of how cinematic drama must be made today in order to be effective and relevant: with honesty and heart. Brilliant.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
03/20/06
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

Serves as a companion piece to writer-producer Paul Greengrass' superb 2001 pic Bloody Sunday, but emerges as a startlingly powerful achievement in its own right.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/10/06
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
Variety
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... unnervingly evokes both the panic and the confusion of a world suddenly ripped inside out.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
03/10/06
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star

... an important film.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
03/10/06
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies

... a good picture that's at its best when dramatizing the very violence it condemns.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/10/06
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

Paul Greengrass, who previous wrote and directed Bloody Sunday, co-wrote this, and once again he shines a light on the victims of the region's seemingly endless strife.

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01/28/06
Pam Grady
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Reel.com
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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
01/17/06
Sydney Morning Herald

As propaganda on behalf of the Omagh victims the film does its work well, but in the end both the personal story and the collective one seem unsatisfactory.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
11/25/05
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Omagh might have been conceived for television, it nevertheless offers a provocative and well-produced night out at the cinema.

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06/13/05
Boyd van Hoeij
Boyd van Hoeij
european-films.net
 
 
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