SummaryOn the fringes of Dublin two kids, Kylie and Dylan, live in a suburban housing estate devoid of life, colour and the prospect of escape. Kylie lives with five other siblings and her overworked mother. Next door, Dylan lives in the shadow of an alcoholic father and the memory of an elder brother who ran away from home two years earlier. After a vi... Read More
Directed By:Lance Daly
Written By:Lance Daly
Kisses
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Generally Favorable
68
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Generally Favorable
6.4
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76% Positive
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A superior lyrical ragamuffin Irish drama.
80
Small though it is, Kisses evokes all kinds of feelings, and that is no small thing from a film of any size.
80
The sweetest runaways you'll ever meet are pre-teens Kylie Lawless (Kelly O'Neill) and Dylan Dunne (Shane Curry).
75
The kids make stunning debuts, but their accents are thicker than porridge, rendering a good 90 percent of the dialogue so unintelligible that it might as well be in Swahili. Some subtitles are provided out of necessity, but not enough.
65
There's nothing so frustrating as a small movie, made by a clearly gifted filmmaker, that flies close to magic only to be sternly jerked back to earth.
60
Kisses may strike you as either ingeniously magical or insufferably cute, depending on your taste. But more than the story, which circles back on itself, the natural performances of its young stars, Shane Curry and especially Kelly O'Neill, nonprofessional actors, lend the movie a core of integrity.
50
Kisses is dreary to a fault. It looks fantastic, with its shadowy Dublin alleys illuminated by the heroes' light-up Heelys. But the writing doesn't have that same glow.
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Jun 17, 2019
10
kisses melhor albúm da era Anitta, atencion melhor faixa, seguido por Rosa, onda diferente que tras o funk brasileiro.
May 24, 2023
2
A confusing slog through Dublin where the characters are just not given enough depth to enable us to care more for them. Too much time wasted on long lingering, cold shots of Dublin and not enough exploration of the main characters' hopes and dreams and wishes. Listen to our 15K+ Random Movie Reviews Episode 2 for our full and in-depth thoughts.
Production Company:
- Fastnet Films
- Film i Väst
- Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
Release Date:Jul 16, 2010
Duration:1 h 12 m
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Awards
Irish Film and Television Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Nominations
Foyle Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
