Mary has no place in the world. She's just out of jail and her friends are leaving her behind, turning into adults and getting married and all she wants to do is dance and have a few laughs. The wild teen has grown into a wild woman and her friends are ashamed of her. Now she has 3 weeks to find a date to her best friend's wedding and is out to prove she can gets herself one to spite her friends who have wrote her off as undateable.
From the tone of the trailers and what i'd heard i was expecting a full on comedy but this was much better than that. Yes, there's a lot of laughs but there's also a bucket-load of heart. Sad in places, poignant in others and even room for a spot of tenderness. Its a film that's not afraid to wear its heart on its sleeve.
Seana Kerslake is fantastic in the title role. Hardy but fragile. She makes you genuinely care for Mary. Also Denise McCormack as Mary's Mam Suzanne is top notch too. Doesn't have much screen time but still manages to show us that she loves yet is frustrated by her daughter and that she has her own romantic issues. Actually the cast is all round good, not a dud note. Even the bit parts seem lived in. Loads of familiar faces from Love/Hate and Moone Boy on show. Even that chest shaving eejit from a recent McDonalds ad shows up.
A thoroughly entertaining film. No big flashy plot-line and nothing we haven't seen before but it's so well done that it doesn't matter. You'll laugh and probably get a little misty eyed. Plus it's just great to go to the cinema and see an Irish film with accents and places you'll recognise.
Finally as the icing on the cake, it's only 82 minutes long. Perfect length for a film like this. Manages to do more in that time than a Judd Apatow film can do in twice the time.
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