
Colm is a Catholic, and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead, they became business partners. After persuading a mad wig salesman, known as the Scalper, to sell them his leads, the two embark on a series of house calls - always in neighborhoods that are dangerous for one or the other partner. Then they find out they may lose their exclusive wig distributorship to competitors. Through a series... (Full plot summary below)
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Colm is a Catholic, and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead, they became business partners. After persuading a mad wig salesman, known as the Scalper, to sell them his leads, the two embark on a series of house calls - always in neighborhoods that are dangerous for one or the other partner. Then they find out they may lose their exclusive wig distributorship to competitors. Through a series of comic twists, the pair are given large orders for wigs by both sides of the Protestant and Catholic conflict. Should they compromise their principles in order to keep their business? Will it destroy their friendship? Could one of their wigs in the hands of the I.R.A. actually put one or both of them in jail, or even get them killed?
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| Washington PostDesson ThomsonThe movie finds charming humor in a world full of sectarian strife between Protestant and Catholic. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThis late-in-the-year gem glows with Levinson's characteristically warm embrace of a wide range of people and his superlative sense of time and place. |
| The New York TimesDana StevensThe director serves up a nice helping of blarney, but he seems to have left his schmaltz in Baltimore. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversThe humor is slight, but the actors make the blarney go down easy. |
| Mr. ShowbizKristy MartinIt's a film of myriad minor pleasures but scant compelling qualities. |
| Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonIt's a sprightly, low-fiber comedy while the comedy lasts. |
| Film.comRobert HortonThis mild but amusing comedy wasn't written by Levinson, and the accents may be different, but the feel is similar. |
| Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorWriter Barry McEvoy and director Barry Levinson might want to brush up on the use of metaphor. |