Academy Award-winning director Jim Sheridan brings authenticity and grit to this heartwarming drama about an Irish family starting life anew in early-1980s America. With their two daughters in tow, Johnny (Paddy Considine) and Sarah (Samantha Morton) leave Ireland and head to New York so Johnny can pursue an acting career. What follows is a series of adventures, both comical and terrifying, as they struggle to make the most of their new life.
Excellent movie, only part out of place is the girls "camcorder" with the LCD display, (which is why I had a tough time placing the "time frame" of the movie.
An awesome family movie! And a bit of tear-jerker. I remember watching it a few years back at the movie theatre and you could hear a portion of the audience sniffling an crying.