Fresh
The humor is slight, but the actors make the blarney go down easy.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Overview
Colin is a Catholic and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead they became business partners. After persuading a mad wig salesman, known as the Scalper, to sell them his leads, the two embark on a series of house calls
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
48%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The comedy inherent in toupee gags gradually runs dry, and the interplay between the main characters sometimes doesn't offer enough sparks to pick up the slack.
David Germain, Associated Press
Rotten
This little film tries too hard to charm, and in the process loses its bite.
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com
Fresh
A slight but diverting series of set pieces.
Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Fresh
The director serves up a nice helping of blarney, but he seems to have left his schmaltz in Baltimore.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
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