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32A

32A

  • Rating: 32A rated 3
  • Director: Marian Quinn
  • Starring: Ailish McCarthy
  • Details: Ireland / Germany / 89mins (15A).

A charming coming-of-age story, 32A (a bra size, not a bus number - if it was about a bus it'd have to be called 'Out Of Service') follows 14-year-old Dubliner Maeve Brennan (McCarthy) as she comes to terms with becoming a woman. Along the way she meets and falls for hunk Brian Power (McDaid), falls out with her friends and gets into trouble in school. More of a 'bunch of stuff that happens' rather than a straightforward narrative, 32A can be funny and sweet when it wants to be, and with likeable, believable characters in a real world setting it's easy to get into. Quinn is also to be applauded for her attention to detail. Set in 1979, 32A does its level best to bring the era to life: from music to clothes to even the box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes on the breakfast table, Quinn, considering the budget available, delivers. Where it lets itself down is a plot that's unsure of itself: Quinn seems hesitant to decide if her film is a multi-character story or just Maeve's; it's certainly Maeve-heavy but when it branches out to encompass her best friend Ruth (Wasson), whose absent father returns after years away, and another friend worrying about buying her first bra, things can get unfocussed. A promising debut feature for writer-director Marian Quinn, this won't be the last we'll hear of her or her lead Ailish McCarthy.

Review by Gavin Burke

Your Comments

esta chica linda - Dr.chacal

Published 25 February 2011
me gusto la actuacion de esta chica, no hubiese sido el mismo papel si lo hubiense interpretado otra, me encantaria ver otra pelicula interpretada por ella. bien por ti Ailish McCarthy

buenisimo - deimer

Published 13 April 2009
que pelicula tan vuena alilish te sobraste con ese papel

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