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Cardboard Gangsters

2017

Mark O'Connor

John Connors, Kierston Wareing, Paul Alwright, Alan Clinch ...

6.2

45

Drama A group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.

	Author	Review
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"O’Connor’s most complete film yet (...) [It] has admirable kinetic sweep and a keen sense of the absurdities of city life. The picture does lack story and structure. But it is so enjoyable (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Simran Hans The Guardian	"Energetic but exhausting (...) The violence isn’t played for laughs and Connors’s performance is genuinely moving (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There’s a lot of energy swirling around this flawed, but punchy and watchable gangland thriller (...) It’s not perfect – the ending starts to lose focus – but it has some style (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"Salty, funny, and enlivened by some fantastic Dublin rap music, 'Cardboard Gangsters' has a rare authenticity in terms of its subject matter and location (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Harry Guerin RTÉ	"[It] rarely lets you catch your breath (...) It feels completely authentic (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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