Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

The Worst Film Ever

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

This movie made me happy. I was browsing movies in the library and the title grabbed me. I am glad I picked it up

We chose to watch this show mainly because of the location and it didn't disappoint. It was beautiful and the townsfolk were hilarious. We had several laugh-out-loud moments. And whoever decorated the bedroom (you'll know what I mean) deserves an award. So spot on.It was also refreshing to have a movie filled with believable people, rather than the clowns most comedies have these days. And the creators were kind enough to keep the language mostly clean, which was GREATLY appreciated. And they were able to be raunchy w/o being too "ew", which is clever and appreciated also. ") These attributes make the movie watchable to a wider range of people.Loved seeing Gordon Pinsent.We wish one selfish dipwad had been given a bit of a comeuppance. That would have been satisfying. Otherwise, good result.We felt like we were watching a mix of Waking Ned Divine and Northern Exposure. Very fun.

It's the small habour (not village) of Tickle Head, Newfoundland, Canada. Murray French (Brendan Gleeson) remembers the days when his proud father worked hard to fish cod. The pride is gone now and everybody lines up to receive their welfare. To add to the indignity, Murray's wife gets a job in the big city. The town is bidding for a petrochemical plant but they need a full-time doctor. Dr. Lewis (Taylor Kitsch) gets caught with some cocaine at the airport and the town's former mayor blackmails him to work in Tickle Head for a month. The town conspires to seduce Lewis with lies, cricket, fishing and Murray even tries to push Kathleen (Liane Balaban) to flirt. Then it gets more complicated when the oil executive implies that he needs a $100k bribe.This is a sweet little movie. The place looks nice. Brendan Gleeson is especially great. Taylor Kitsch and Liane Balaban are nice. Everything and everyone is nice and charming. There are a few good laughs but only a few. The romance could have been better. Gleeson and gang are able to keep the little charmer on track.

Just a few comments: I may have missed it, but I swear I didn't hear the word "Newfoundland" (or Canada?) once in the whole film. The constant references to Newfoundland in the reviews etc., couldn't have come from anyone but Canadians: geography-deprived US audiences could have easily mistaken the setting for coastal Maine or New Brunswick, England, Ireland, Scotland or wherever. In a similar vein, keep in mind that the accents of Newfies, Irish, cockneys, Scots and Aussies are all just one big blurry brogue to the average US movie and TV viewer-- just "funny English accents". And therefore, not really geography-specific.Also, I would have thought that Pinsent and company would have corrected Gleeson's US-style pronunciations at times, such as his use of the word "prawject" for "project" (Canadians universally say "proh-ject"). Also, in references to the "town" of "SAINT Johns" it should have been pronounced "S'n' JOHNS" (emphasis on "Johns") not to be mistaken for the "town" of SAINT John in New Brunswick (emphasis on "SAINT").But a fine movie. A little more geographic specificity, and more attention to language issues for our US audiences would have been nice. Good for sales, too.BB