Ordinary Decent Criminal

After having heard that this was a good film from a friend of mine years ago.I have at last rented it,and while it got swept-under by the fantastic American Beauty,this is still a very good Irish/English film. The Plot:Michael Lynch(Kevin"K-Pax"Spacy)is... Full review

Very amusing crime comedy with Kevin Spacey as the star of the show. We already knew that Spacey is capable of playing any role and also in this movie he truly delivers. Kevin Spacey is Michael Lynch, an ordinary decent... Full review

ORDINARY DECENT CRIMINAL has to be one of the more tongue-in-cheek titles Hollywood has devised for a story apparently based on a real life infamous Irish gangster Martin Cahill whose claim to fame was robbing banks and getting away with... Full review

Who doesn't like witty, lovable criminals, who out wit every copper and other rival criminals in a heartbeat? That's a crime movie genre, which actually appeals to me: smart dialogs, funny action and so on.So, in "Ordinary Decent Criminal" we... Full review

This was a fine movie, of the type that American film makers seem utterly incapable of making these days. The characters and plot were believable, there was a good sense of place (you got a nice sense of being in... Full review

The film itself is a bit of a laugh. The part where Stevie laments over his poverty stricken child hood is hilarious. Fair enough the foreign actors such as Spacey's and Baxendale's accent are useless but sure at the end... Full review

Ordinary Decent Criminal has just been released on video out here in the States and I was saddend to see that Hollywood's influence has sucked the orginality out of Irish filmakers. I was ready to sit down and watch one... Full review

On the wings of the Sopranos era concept 'crime is a business as any other', here comes the Irish version. The problem is that it lies entirely on the shoulders of Oscar-touched Kevin Stacey. It tries to be a very... Full review

Ordinary decent Criminal is an above average irish cops v robbers story about a charming criminal played by Kevin spacey who masterminds robbery's and who is always one step ahead of the Police. I'm not sure why Kevin Spacey took... Full review

It's hard to make a bad guy/gangster type of movie these days without resorting to the cliches that have been portrayed countless times in the past. Ordinary Decent Criminal unfortunately does fall into the trap of using these readily identifiable traits... Full review

The impressive cast includes Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, and Peter Mullan, the tragic hero of My Name is Joe. It follows the extraordinary adventures of a Robin Hood character, Michael Lynch, a thief, bigamist, liar ... Full Review

Pitched between cartoonish caper and knockabout farce, it also suffers from an uneven tone compounded by Damon Albarn 's relentlessly jaunty soundtrack. Renamed Michael Lynch (Spacey, ludicrously miscast), the Cahill character goes through the motions as before, dividing his affections between his wife and her sister, robbing banks and relishing his status as public irritant No. ... Full Review

The film has a superb ensemble cast supporting the enormously likeable yet edgy Kevin. Ordinary Decent Criminal is a whopper of a good yarn that tantalises and delights. A smart script makes the film taut and the direction is lively. ... Full Review

He's the only thing that keeps the film interesting. Kevin Spacey is very good as Michael Lynch. The film has a couple of good heist scenes, but nothing remarkable. Kevin Spacey as Michael Lynch is the hero of the story. ... Full Review

The psychological thriller will be directed by Thaddeus O' Sullivan ( Ordinary Decent Criminal, The Heart Of Me ). Corona Pictures, launched last month, was founded by veteran producer Gary Kurtz, whose credits include Star Wars and The Empire Strikes... ... Full Article

Reviewed by David Williams (March 21, 2003) " Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey (Best Actor, American Beauty; The Usual Suspects ) leads an all-star cast in this fast, fun, and suspenseful story of a clever crime boss and the lost... ... Full Article

The third film to recreate the life of notorious Irish gangster Martin Cahill boasts a far stronger cast than either John Boormans The General or Vicious Circle (a little-seen BBC piece starring Ken Stott). ... Full Article

I can only imagine one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent, and that's sultry Linda Fiorentino doing the same thing. Accents are hardly the biggest problem with this movie, though. ... Full Article