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I was going to do a more detailed review of The Black Donnellys here, but then I read that it sort of hemorrhaged viewers last night, so will it be around long enough to make a lot of discussion matter?  I'm not sure.

I actually sort of liked it.  Jonathan Tucker is good.  The showy narrative stuff -- fancy shots and cuts, an unreliable narrator, a hazy frame tale -- is pleasant rather than distracting.  A few of the narrative twists totally worked for me.  Of course on some level it's pure blarney: Angela's Ashes as shot by Guy Ritchie.  This is acceptable, however, because the story is interesting and the characters are mostly pretty likable.  -- Peter