Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
- friendship
- london
- england
- sibling relationship
- dublin
- ireland
- music video
- prom
- school
- singing
- ireland
- divorce
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Mark McKenna — Eamon
- Kelly Thornton — Ann Lawlor
- Maria Doyle Kennedy — Penny Lawlor
- Aidan Gillen — Robert Lawlor
- Ian Kenny — Barry
- Percy Chamburuka — Ngig
- Connor Hamilton — Larry
- Karl Rice — Garry
- Don Wycherley — Brother Baxter
- Des Keogh — Brother Barnabas
- Kian Murphy — Mick Mahon
- Directed
- John Carney
- Written
- John Carney
Production
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 2,488 ratings
- Studio
- Likely Story, FilmWave, Distressed Films, Cosmo Films, PalmStar Media, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
