The read
A Balasaur Score of 58 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 47%, Metacritic 47/100. Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes47%
Metacritic47/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
53 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter SheridanDirector
- Nye HeronWriter
- Peter SheridanWriter
Cast
- Shawn HatosyBrendan Behan
- Danny DyerCharlie Milwall
- Robin LaingJock
- Ian McElhinneyVerreker
- Eva BirthistleLiz Joyce
- Mark HubermanMac
- Lee InglebyDale
- Ronnie DrewCustoms man
- Eamon GlancyManning
- Dennis ConwayHolmes
- Patricia LeventonLandlady
- John O'TooleWhitbread
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Themes
homophobiabullyingliverpool, englandcoming of agecross dressingaccidental deathira (irish republican army)based on memoir or autobiographyteenage boyreform schoolnorfolk1940s