
A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters in rural North Carolina who belong to the nomadic ethnic group known as Irish Travellers and from whom he is descended. Pat is at first rejected but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and desires a different life.... (Full plot summary below)
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A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters in rural North Carolina who belong to the nomadic ethnic group known as Irish Travellers and from whom he is descended. Pat is at first rejected but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and desires a different life.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPaxton (who also produced) and Marguiles turn in fine, affecting performances, Wahlberg is better than you might expect, and the story is powered by a knock-out soundtrack. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe script is smart and sneaky - by never telling the audience more than is necessary, it develops a keen sense of suspense that persists until the gritty final reel. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThis fresh and interesting story about a tight-knit clan of Irish grifters in the rural South who make their living scamming is a ''con men on the road'' picture all the more welcome during a season of junky action thrillers and indie-style explorations of kinky sex. |
| VarietyEmanuel LevyThe film shrewdly humanizes its protagonists to the point where the audience forgets their identity and roots for them to succeed - and survive. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenGreen wisely gives his actors lots of room to work, all the while putting the emphasis on the characters and their relationships instead of the blurry hokum of the narrative threads. |
| Washington PostRichard HarringtonGreen proves adept at capturing the quiet intensity and peculiar rhythms of Traveller culture. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe subject's nice - a clan of Irish con artists operating in the rural south - but the movie breaks down into separate pieces, some fresher than others, without much cumulative force. |
| L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyTraveller is entertaining in a mild, relaxing way. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrTraveller is just a hot little sleeper with strong characters and a story to tell. |
| San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserDirecting his first movie, Jack Green, cinematographer on several Clint Eastwood films, shows an ease with the material (written by Jim McGlynn), but there's something a bit dull about the movie. |