It's one of my favourite films because even though it's hilarious, it's about how Ireland has never been able to properly deal with mental illness, and that remains one of Ireland's biggest problems even today. Neil Jordan's best film, by far.
@Conan I wasn't implying that any country has dealt with mental illness or ever truly will, but Ireland has a particularly bad cultural tendency to suppress trauma and bury guilt, most likely as a consequence of years of brutal occupation by both the British empire and the Catholic church, which this film shows very well.
"Ireland not able to properly deal with mental illness" Have you heard about the U.S. Lately? Leftist Crazy's running the country now. Big Tech Free Speech Censoring, Mainstream Media, Collegiate Left Wing Indoctrination, Cancel Culture, WOKE, BLM, ANTIFA, The ACLU, Dinosaur DEMOCRATS suffering from dementia (running the country), wide spread Heroin Abuse, TRILLIONS of Dollars printed in free hand outs and Hundreds of Billions in U.S. Currency sent to aid Ukraine, all adding to massive inflation, Millions of Migrants storming the So Border, food shortages, etc, etc, etc,.
I've watched it about few times and it's kinda very funny. It follows Francis "Francie" Brady, a 12-year-old troublemaker who retreats into a violent fantasy world as his troubled home life collapses. I remember he takes a big pile of crap in the living room at Mrs. Nugent's house. Oh my god, that is absolutely vile! This was the final film to be produced by Geffen before their 1998 closure.
awesome movie!!, to think they just found that kid in a school somewhere, never acted a day in his life!!, god bless irish cinema, where movies arent just about pretty people and sex appeal!
O filme estadunidense chamado Nó na Garganta,de Neil Jordan, pode não superar o melhor filme de tal cineasta que é o extraordinário Traídos pelo Desejo... Mais nem por isso Nó na Garganta não deixa de ser excelente!
This is one of the best movies I ever watched, it shows up how much physical and psychological abuse the child got though all the movie, here never feel sorry for those who he hurted, in fact I think the Nugets deserved it
@Conan there is a difference between a psychopath and a sociopath. One of them is where he does care about his mother dying and the other where he doesn't .
@@61505 that is not how you determine the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath. You need way more context than that. There are normal ppl who wouldn't care about their mother dying in certain circumstances.
@@themonsterbaby I only gave one example of a situation "way more context" , that one example being that a psychopath would not care about his mother dying because his brain is wired that way, whereas a sociopath is someone who became the way he is due to mistreatment or other adverse circumstances. Lack of space and time prevents me from " giving more context". One example is enough to explain the point.
it's actually horrible....horribly great movie in fact! made quite an impression on me, first watched this as a 8-9 yr old kid, on HBO. I think it twisted me a little bit. Kid, if you're reading this, don't watch gritty irish movies made in the 90's, they will scar you for life. PIG! edit: Angela's ashes, that's also a nice comedy, don't you think ?
this is one of those movies that if you saw it - you'll never forget.
my uncle wrote the book! :)
No way. Ur kidding.
Brilliant!
Class!
Just finished it, it's such an amazing book!!
Wow! Small world
A masterpiece. This film will stay with you for days. Eamonn Owens is brilliant.
@heaven4ne blackpool he works 9-5 job in big bank.
Really scary too!
My dad showed me this film, it has never left me its absolutely amazing
Rest in power, Sinead O'Connor, hope you've found peace at last.
It's one of my favourite films because even though it's hilarious, it's about how Ireland has never been able to properly deal with mental illness, and that remains one of Ireland's biggest problems even today. Neil Jordan's best film, by far.
So many cultural issues addressed in this movie.
@Conan Many countries do now, although poorly.
@Conan I wasn't implying that any country has dealt with mental illness or ever truly will, but Ireland has a particularly bad cultural tendency to suppress trauma and bury guilt, most likely as a consequence of years of brutal occupation by both the British empire and the Catholic church, which this film shows very well.
"Ireland not able to properly deal with mental illness"
Have you heard about the U.S. Lately? Leftist Crazy's running the country now.
Big Tech Free Speech Censoring, Mainstream Media, Collegiate Left Wing Indoctrination, Cancel Culture, WOKE, BLM, ANTIFA, The ACLU, Dinosaur DEMOCRATS suffering from dementia (running the country), wide spread Heroin Abuse, TRILLIONS of Dollars printed in free hand outs and Hundreds of Billions in U.S. Currency sent to aid Ukraine, all adding to massive inflation, Millions of Migrants storming the So Border, food shortages, etc, etc, etc,.
@@FabianMacGintyONeill Always the Catholic Church to blame with you people.
I MET FRANCIE BRADY (EAMONN OWENS) TODAY!!! GREAT MAN!!!
Trainspotting and The Butcher Boy the 2 best films of the 90's
And pulp fiction
Watched this when I was like 7 n I still remember it
It's rated 15
I was 10. Never forgot about it either. The amazing Francie Brady!
One of the best movies I've ever seen!
I've watched it about few times and it's kinda very funny. It follows Francis "Francie" Brady, a 12-year-old troublemaker who retreats into a violent fantasy world as his troubled home life collapses.
I remember he takes a big pile of crap in the living room at Mrs. Nugent's house. Oh my god, that is absolutely vile!
This was the final film to be produced by Geffen before their 1998 closure.
I just finished reading the book and it is dark and depressing and disturbing. This movie seems more hopeful yet heart-wrenching.
A little Hilarious.
It's supposed to be a dark comedy film.
I saw this film when I was a kid and was mind blown by it and only just discovered what it's called.
amazing movie!, and to think, that kid was just some kid they found in a school :D, amazing
awesome movie!!, to think they just found that kid in a school somewhere, never acted a day in his life!!, god bless irish cinema, where movies arent just about pretty people and sex appeal!
Amazing film. I didn't know that about this film. Thank you.
There's something wholesome about the way Ireland makes movies.
Rewatched this recently. It's a very sad film behind it all. I seen this in the cinema when I was 16 and just thought it was a laugh.
It's dark and sad, an honest movie at the same time.
Watched it when I was wee. Very disturbing sad film but very funny in parts.
Rewatched it again today, cracking flick!
Another great film from director Neil Jordan.
I grew up with this movie and its book 💕
Masterpiece , i Had the video cassete , watched it So Many times … what a movie
O filme estadunidense chamado Nó na Garganta,de Neil Jordan, pode não superar o melhor filme de tal cineasta que é o extraordinário Traídos pelo Desejo... Mais nem por isso Nó na Garganta não deixa de ser excelente!
I wanna watch this. I accidentally found out about it going down some Wikipedia rabbit hole and now I wanna see this.
Eu ainda me lembro de assistir esse filme pelo SBT no "Cine Belas Artes".
I remember as a kid, i had to watch the movie with subtitles cause i couldn't understand most of the characters cause the accent lol
The tragedy of one boy is the tragedy of 20th century Ireland.
This is one of the best movies I ever watched, it shows up how much physical and psychological abuse the child got though all the movie, here never feel sorry for those who he hurted, in fact I think the Nugets deserved it
the child may have been abused but he is also a sociopath or psychopath
@Conan there is a difference between a psychopath and a sociopath. One of them is where he does care about his mother dying and the other where he doesn't .
@Conan psychopaths do care if someone they have a strong bond with die
@@61505 that is not how you determine the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath. You need way more context than that. There are normal ppl who wouldn't care about their mother dying in certain circumstances.
@@themonsterbaby I only gave one example of a situation "way more context" , that one example being that a psychopath would not care about his mother dying because his brain is wired that way, whereas a sociopath is someone who became the way he is due to mistreatment or other adverse circumstances. Lack of space and time prevents me from " giving more context". One example is enough to explain the point.
they dont make wierd flicks like this anymore
eh now they do
I love this movie
yup!
RIP Sinead O'Conner
Masterpiece
esta pelicula sta con madre¡¡¡¡
I wish for a million trillion chocolate bars.
1998....... raccoon city destruction, how the hell did I get here from resident evil?
it's actually horrible....horribly great movie in fact! made quite an impression on me, first watched this as a 8-9 yr old kid, on HBO. I think it twisted me a little bit.
Kid, if you're reading this, don't watch gritty irish movies made in the 90's, they will scar you for life. PIG!
edit: Angela's ashes, that's also a nice comedy, don't you think ?
+Sheklel Its actually an Irish movie. Very insulting.
you're right. sorry about that. won't make the same mistake twice.
+Sheklel Appreciated! thanks
Overkin me too! I never could forget this movie. It chokes you up while you’re laughing at the absurd cruelty.
i don,t know how you could mistake it for british with their strong cavan monahan Irish accents
mi favorita ..
@Eiensteinstheory awesome tnx :)
1:35 dougal
Donegal?
Yes, Father Dougal Maguire 🤣
I never saw this
Ron Weasley, is that you?
0:09 0:17
@Eiensteinstheory whitch county
seriously?
anything you can do to crap on the church. palpable self loathing
They did a good enough job at that themselves
The cover of this movie looks like a horror movie. False advertisement 😒
truly. it was the kid that annoyed the shit out of me. idk why people rave over this film
Over your head lad
wtf?! Gay