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Review: Waiting for Dublin

A national-stereotypes manual masquerading as a movie

By ALEXIS HAUK | March 11, 2009

1.0 Stars

VIDEO: The trailer for Waiting for Dublin

In this national-stereotypes manual masquerading as a movie, '90s "heartthrob" Andrew Keegan is Michael Kirk, a dopy, annoying World War II Army Air Force pilot who falls from the sky into the arms of sassy, red-haired Margaret (Jade Yorell) in the Irish town of "McGilligan's Point" (perhaps they meant Island?).

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If you think it's hilarious to see a man get shot in the crotch with a crossbow and then yell "Erin go bragh!" in chipmunk squeal, you might enjoy this mind-numbing bastardization of history.

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