Review of Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl (2005) by Ian W — 12 Oct 2008

A bleak story of "Travellers" lives with a good documentary style which keeps it gritty.

This review of Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl (2005) was written by Ian W on 12 Oct 2008.

Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Private U (13,627) on 07 Nov 2007

I love this movie..and I'm not quite sure why. I love the actors, especially Winnie, she is superb. I love the realism. Great watch…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 28 Mar 2006

A harrowing film portrait of a ten-year old Irish Traveller whose life is constricted by poverty and prejudice…

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By Jean-Francois V (150) on 22 May 2009

Pavee Lackeen (traveller girl in their dialect) is a slice-of-life docudrama that gives an inside view of the Traveller community by following…

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By Leo S (231) on 08 Jan 2007

You've never heard of this have you? Lucky fucking you…

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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 13 Mar 2006

It's the complete opposite of Bresson's Mouchette and the Dardennes' Rosetta: a not-so-dense or musky fog that's easily parted and forgotten…

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By Lee M (4,001) on 20 Aug 2009

Ostensibly, gritty realism meets a more poetic symbolism to expose Winnie's marginalised status without ever resorting to sentiment, preaching…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Film4 (1,522) on 14 Jun 2007

Here gritty realism meets a more poetic symbolism to expose Winnie's marginalised status without ever resorting to sentiment, preaching or…

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By Richard K (197) on 19 Jul 2007

We would drive passed the caravans everyday on the way to work. Didn´t notice a thing until we saw this film…

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By Stefanie F (82) on 11 Feb 2008

Insightful and moving…

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