An Irish family in Boston is far from tight. Cole McKay(Michael Angarano) is a young Catholic mid-teen who has ambitions of being a pro baseball player. His father(Brendan Gleeson)has trouble keeping a job and putting food on the table. Mrs. McKay(Melissa Leo)is deep in her faith and depends on it to take care of her family. But trouble definitely brews in this family. Cole's sister Kathleen(Emily VanCamp)is pregnant and leaves the house. Big brother Terry(Tom Guidry)is the bad seed and detrimental to the family as a whole, as if it were whole. Drastic circumstances pit brother against brother and Cole must make a decision that suites his advantage to move forward. Not exactly good versus evil here, but it does show the two don't mix well. Predictable at best. Interest does build toward the last twenty minutes of the movie...at least to the extent you care about the characters. This family takes a body blow; but beats the count...barely.
Review of Black Irish
