Monday, March 03, 2025
The Problem With People
Estranged Irish & American cousins are asked to heal an old family feud as a father’s dying wish. In Ireland, ailing Fergus asks his son Ciáran (Colm Meaney) to locate long lost family members who settled in America. Generations ago, two brothers were supposed to go to America together but they became separated & they ended up not speaking to each other again. Ciáran contacts Barry ( Paul Reiser) in New York & convinces him to come to Ireland to reunite the families. This is a buddy comedy film where the cousins begin to bond but everything begins to unravel as jealousy & mistrust escalates into a game of oneupmanship. The Irish setting is beautiful & I️ love the Irish brogue. Reiser & Meaney are two funny middle aged men stubbornly trying to poke back at each other. They are more alike than they would admit to each other. Of course, the final outcome is as we would expect but not before some surprising twists & turns.
Alien gives it 3 “last will & testament” stars out of 4.
