The read
Every source lands within 7 points of the others.
Synopsis
Daniel Murphy is lumbered with a corpse that has the same last name as his, who dies on his flight from Boston to County Cork. Travelling back to Ireland to attend his mother’s funeral, Daniel also checks on his autistic brother. What follows is an unconventional road trip with his brother and the mortuary assistant as they take the coffin from Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes69%
Metacritic62/100
43 audience votes
Key crew
- Gary LightbodyOriginal Music Composer
- Aoife CrehanWriter
- Aoife CrehanDirector
Cast
- Michiel HuismanDaniel Murphy
- Niamh AlgarMary Sullivan
- Samuel BottomleyLouis Murphy
- Michael McElhattonFrank Delaney
- Eleanor O'BrienSheila O'Neill
- Colm MeaneyDetective Donall Crowley
- Brian CoxFather Reilly
- Aidan O'HareChip Shop Dom
- Bryan QuinnMichael of the Jaeger Bombs
- Sarah LynchViolinist
- Luke HanlonPeter
- Donna Anita NikolaisenHerself - Air Hostess
Stills
Themes
cardboard coffinnyc tax lawyerafraid of the darkalleged armed robbery