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An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an up-tight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.
3 May 1986, Dublin, Ireland
10 December 1941, Dublin, Ireland
17 February 1934, Allestree, Derbyshire, England, UK
18 July 1947, Finnea, County Westmeath, Ireland
12 December 1966, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
28 April 1973, Dublin, Ireland
23 September 1976, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
29 November 1964, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
31 October 1965, Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR [now Lithuania]
11 September 1964, London, England, UK
5 August 1963, London, England, UK
September 04, 2015
To paraphrase Nigel Terry in "The Lion in Winter," "The Guard" is a stinker and it stinks.August 19, 2011
Crisp, acid-tongued and sharply acted, it's the sort of exercise in tangy Celtic cynicism that's become one of the Emerald Isle's most reliable imports.August 19, 2011
There are few things finer in cinema than Brendan Gleeson's fat, happy face.August 26, 2011
Although The Guard is primarily a language romp, it's also a terrific showcase for veteran pug-faced character actor Brendan Gleeson.August 19, 2011
"The Guard" is violent, profane and funny.January 09, 2013
A laugh-out-loud comedy as hard as "The French Connection," a modern spaghetti Western on the windswept wastes of Ireland."April 03, 2012
This film belongs to Gleeson - he seems to have effortlessly conjured up a complex and charismatic mix of world-weariness and caring, all wrapped up in that enigmatic Irish charm.August 05, 2014
Gleeson and writer-director John Michael McDonagh are in lock step in characterizing the decidedly unorthodox Gerry Boyle.May 03, 2015
An ode to shabby nobility much stranger and sadder than expected.August 26, 2011
Brendan Gleeson is a blooming marvel.October 07, 2015
Following a surprisingly conventional climax, "The Guard" concludes in an open-ended fashion.