Speed Dating
Tony Hubert
Hugh O’Connor, Emma Choy, Olga Wehrly, Don Wycherley
15
Oh dear, we do so want our Irish films to be good … and too often, as here, they let us down.
The fault here lies with an over-complicated plot involving wealthy O’Connor trying to find a meaning to his life by speed dating, stalking the beautiful Wehrly who might be involved in the drug scene, getting knocked down by a car, losing his memory, finding solace with his nurse Choy, returning with her to the speed dating scene, being chased by cop Wycherley.
There are probably a couple of half-decent films hidden in the above, none of which have seeped into the overall picture.
It’s simply a bit of a mess.
2/5