Smoothly adapted by Dublin author Roddy Doyle from the second of his “Barrytown trilogy” (named after the Dublin suburb) and, in theory focused on the same central family as in “Commitments” (the Rabbittes, here rechristened the Curleys), pic is markedly different in content, feel and style to Parker’s slick, big-screen movie. Kellegher’s assertion that the father was actually a Spanish sailor calms things down, even though no one believes her. Laffan decides to disappear for a spell, and all hell breaks loose among the tight-knit community. Just when Meaney has wrapped his brain around the news and decided to adopt a mature attitude, word slips out that the father is a married neighbor (Pat Laffan) who is the dad of one of Kellegher’s female drinking buddies.
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