BARBER
Cert TBA
90 mins
BBFC advice: TBA
A bisexual private detective up against former colleagues from the police force he left under a cloud.
Meanwhile, his family and relationship life is chaotic thanks to the ex-wife he left for another man, a daughter who loathes him and his habit of letting people down.
Oh, and all this is kicking off during the back end of the Covid pandemic.
Barber (the name of the detective, not a hairdresser) is a gritty tale set in Dublin by a team of filmmakers who found themselves out of work during the lockdowns.
Fintan Connolly's film stars Aidan Gillen as the title character, who has been beaten metaphorically and literally by a chequered past.
Thus, he is surprised to be asked by a desperate grandmother (Deirdre Donnelly) to track down her missing 20-year-old granddaughter (Isabelle Connolly).
He is faced with unexpected obstacles at every turn and soon suspects the involvement of high-ranking officials.
Meanwhile, his teenage daughter (Aisling Kearns) has fallen out with his ex-wife (Helen Behan) as she struggles to rehabilitate after suffering a brain injury.
Barber rekindles those fast-disappearing memories of living with face masks and shields.
Gillen gives a compelling performance as the flawed detective, and the added atmosphere is generated by the dingy back streets of Ireland's capital.
For a while, the story engages as the detective's inquiries lead to the lid being lifted on establishment corruption.
But the resolutions were too easy, and the conclusion was weak and unsatisfying.
Reasons to watch: Compelling performance by Gillen
Reasons to avoid: Resolutions are too easy
Laughs: None
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 6/10
Did you know? Aidan Gillen's breakthrough role in the film industry was in the Oscar-nominated The Crying Game, directed by Neil Jordan.
The final word. Aidan Gillen: "Myself and a few friends were like, "Let's do something in Dublin at night because we have a great DP, we've got our own camera, and the streets are there. Let's do it. We weren't entirely sure of what we were going to do. When the idea came up of the detective thing, I thought it was almost, I was like, "Really?"" Slash Film
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