'Mad' Mary McArdle returns to Drogheda after a short spell in prison - for something she'd rather forget. Back home, everything and everyone has changed. Her best friend, Charlene, is about to get married and Mary is to be her maid of honour. When Charlene refuses Mary a 'plus one' on the grounds that she probably couldn't find a date, Mary becomes determined to prove her wrong. 'A Date for Mad Mary' is a tough and tender story about friendship, first love, and letting go of ... (Full plot summary below)
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'Mad' Mary McArdle returns to Drogheda after a short spell in prison - for something she'd rather forget. Back home, everything and everyone has changed. Her best friend, Charlene, is about to get married and Mary is to be her maid of honour. When Charlene refuses Mary a 'plus one' on the grounds that she probably couldn't find a date, Mary becomes determined to prove her wrong. 'A Date for Mad Mary' is a tough and tender story about friendship, first love, and letting go of the glory days.
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| Sunday Independent (Ireland)Aine O'ConnorDarren and Colin Thornton have done a really nice job adapting Yasmine Akram's play 10 Dates for Mad Mary, giving it a strong sense of place and time, and creating full, rich, rounded and almost exclusively female characters. |
| VODzilla.coMatthew TurnerPut simply, this is a delight from start to finish, generating big laughs and powerful emotion, while marking out both director and leading lady as serious talents to watch. |
| VarietyJessica KiangMad Mary is a delight, especially for its rounded supporting characters, its skewering use of language, and the pinpoint accuracy of its observations of life in this specific time and place. |
| Film Ireland MagazineEmma HynesHonest, human and genuine, A Date with Mad Mary is not one you'll want to miss. |
| New Zealand HeraldToby WoollastonAlthough A Date for Mad Mary doesn't break any new ground, it exhibits a confidently assured (if slightly thorny) approach to its subject matter and despite hitting many familiar beats, its rhythm is impeccably in-time. |
| Hammer to NailJessica BaxterIrish writer/director Darren Thornton's feature, A Date for Mad Mary, is an outstanding debut. |
| Seventh RowAlex HeeneyMary's coming out is about not just coming to terms with her sexuality, but also with who she is and who she wants around her. |
| Seattle TimesMichael UpchurchIrish director Darren Thornton, with dynamo Seána Kerslake as Mary, delivers a canny blend of biting comedy and soulful drama |
| Irish TimesDonald ClarkeThere are a few 19th century Scandinavian playwrights who might envy Thornton and Akram their gifts for moulding personae. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonSeána Kerslake... infuses warmth and intelligence to Mary's reflexive lashing out and a sneaky poise to a proudly ungraceful character. A terrific dramedy. |
