Danny Boy
Taste attributes: dramawartv movieslowunsavouryheavyrealisticgrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeA weighty, stirring war film: grounded and gritty. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.1 /10
TMDB · 30 votes
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What lines up
- Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of Britain’s biggest ever public inquiries, the Al-Sweady Inquiry.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2021
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Expectation TV
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
