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Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

Directed by Neil Jordan this film based on the novel of the same name stars Cillian Murphy, Ruth Negga, Liam Neeson and Stephen Rea. A transgender foundling grows up in small town Ireland in the 1970s.

It seems there are a number of changes between the plot of the novel this is based on and the plot of the film which annoyingly seems to rely on a fair number of coincidences that push beyond believability. In general the script is funny and entertaining, keeping the viewer interested if not having anything especially interesting to say about the situations covered. Cillian Murphy gives an excellent performance and the cast is rounded out by nearly every familiar face from Irish acting.

4/5