Irish Catholic (2023) Poster

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8/10
Irish Catholic-Surreal, Wild.
chipsebastian10 October 2023
I first experienced IRISH CATHOLIC at the Louisville International Film Festival, where there were technical difficulties, resulting on only the first fifteen minutes of the film being shown. I watched the rest of it at home.

Having no experience with being Catholic, some of the nuance, feeling, and things most Catholics would know right away were lost to me.

The film is a head trip with a lot of wild non-sequitors. A marriage of FORBIDDEN ZONE, MARAT SADE, and THE OFFICE might come close to describing it. I enjoyed the film, but I could see it baffling and maybe triggering a lot of viewers, especially since there's a forewarning that you need to be prepared to be offended. I wasn't, as I not easily offended, especially concerning religion.

I heartily recommend checking this out, instead of the same old INDIANA JONES 5-type crap that proliferates every cinemaplex across America these days.
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10/10
Hilarious truth!
authairopoulos8 October 2023
Warning: Spoilers
As a Gen eX Catholic woman (who happens to be Irish), I found this film to be hilariously relatable. It dives into the uncomfortable truths that our parents and institutions loved to keep secret, and perpetuate throughout generations. "They laugh cause they know they're untouchable, not because what I said was wrong" All the lies of previous generations are so exposed now. It shows the callousness of righteousness when ego is god and how we must be our own truth. Love a good black sheep story, standing alone is a great Gen X woman story! Pike's song is my favorite, it reminds me of the beauty and struggle we have with faith due to the trauma of religion and society. Creative and quirky, a wonderful tribute to our Universal Mother, Sinead O'Connor.
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