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Well if a good romp in some dark territory sounds like fun then this is your movie, def low budget, but the cast more than makes up for it as any good dark comedy classics will prove.

After a series of set-up albeit, believable accidents happen. The pair, comprised of a compulsive drunk, gambling, writer and a dim witted, down on his luck actor. Together they must use their skills to avoid the jail time that will surely ensue, after they make the situation progressively worse.

I'll give it doesn't take too much to figure out most of it but the trip was worth the ticket cost and seeing some of the cast from Shaun of the Dead working was a great surprise and a joy.

If you enjoy dark humor and the witty humor of the the Irish/English then you'll enjoy this one no matter the side of the world you hail from.

Black comedies don't come much darker than this little gem from Ireland. Audiences who loved last year's Death At A Funeral will get lots of laughs from this very funny comedy about a couple of hapless wannabe film makers and their attempts to cope with a couple of accidental deaths in a small flat. Mark (Mark Doherty) is a struggling out of work actor desperately looking for a decent role in a film. He shares a poky basement flat with his girlfriend Sally (Amy Huberman), and his paralysed wheelchair bound brother David (David O'Doherty). However, the rent is three months overdue, and there are a number of repairs to be made. However, their landlord Jack (Kevin Allen) is reluctant to do any work until the rent is paid. And Mark's slacker best friend Pierce (Irish comic Dylan Moran, from the TV series Black Books, etc) is trying to write a film script drawing upon their experiences. And then the first fatal accident occurs, and their situation gets markedly worse. As the unusual situation begins to get out of control, Pierce's helpful suggestions actually exacerbate things. There is a fine art to black comedy, as filmmakers have to walk a fine line between tasteful and tasteless, but this is the type of comedy where the British excel. Director Ian FitzGibbon and writer Mark Doherty get the delicate balance right here, and they push the material about as far as it can go without overstepping the boundaries of good taste. There are plenty of laugh-out loud moments throughout, some nice sight gags, and a running joke that eventually pays off. The film is a little slow to get going as it spends a lot of time in the early scenes establishing the characters and setting the scene. But patience is rewarded once the hits its stride, as it delivers big laughs. The film combines elements of top British films like the wonderful Withnail And I, and Shallow Grave. FitzGibbon and Doherty follow one outrageous implausibility with another, but the whole thing ultimately works. To reveal too much about the film's plot would spoil its surprises. The small but effective cast are attuned to the tone of the film, and their performances match the material. Doherty maintains a wonderfully deadpan style throughout and is quite fetching as the sad sack slacker hero. Moran brings charisma and charm to his unsympathetic and self-centred character. There are brief but telling from film director Neil Jordan and Jonathan Rhys Meyers that add to the film's idiosyncratic and offbeat flavour. A Film With Me In It is an unexpected delight and a film not to be missed!

I'm personally a big fan of Dylan Moran. His stand-up makes me laugh, I enjoy the movies he's been in, and I like his couldn't-be-arsed exterior. Overall, I think he's a pretty cool guy.

But, for me, this movie was a bit of a disappointment. Don't get me wrong, I did get a couple of giggles out of it, but I felt like it could have been better. It was fairly good, but it could have been excellent if it had been worked on a bit more, teased out a little.

The opening and the introduction to the characters was sloppy, which took the edge off for me (call me old-fashioned, but I like to know who everyone is before launching into all the plot twists and whodunits). Also, the tone at the beginning is constantly changing from funny to serious, which leaves the audience unsure of how to react when the various characters start getting offed. Should we be upset? Laughing? Afraid?

So, I thought A Film With Me In It was a good film. It just needed a little tightening and trimming of the fat. Then, it could be perfect.

I found myself watching this movie, alone in bed, eating popcorn, hungover like a beach towel on a Tuesday night.

Incredible.. 3 people and a dog and a police woman died in a flat from horrific freak accidents.. all in a matter of minuets, it's not funny but why am I laughing? Uncontrollable.

Lots of twists, great film, well good enough.

Love Dylan Moran, I hope to one day marry a man just like himself.

Eight out of Ten stars for 'a film with me in it' please enjoy as much as I indeed did.

Make sure to check out my list of movies to watch - recommended by myself. if you like this you are bound to enjoy the other titles in the list on my profile.

Once again, we have a script concept that is promising enough to matter. Once again, we have an inept film built on that idea, inept because the writer wanted to be in it.

The overall shape is an ordinary, explicit fold: one buddy is a blocked film writer, the other and unemployed actor. Noir-inspired events transpire, messing with them while "giving them material" for a film we discover at the end is the film we are seeing. That shape is common. What is clever is the dialog that jumps from one side of the line to another, in and out of the movie, realizing that "out" is really "in." There are roles that are designated viewers: loyal dog, crippled brother, lecherous landlord, allsuffering girlfriend, kind policewoman. Each is developed as noir center then dispatched in the same tone that the dialog uses in dismissing genre ideas. It is really quite a brilliant script idea. If anyone could pull it off, it would be the Irish. They invented this. But alas, the film does not have enough energy to let us know when it is changing direction. You need sound to have music.

Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.

This film stars Dylan Moran and someone who's name and face I will try to block from memory (this non person also wrote the screenplay). It has something to do with an actor who has to deal with dead bodies and attempts to get work. Or something.

I saw this as part of the IFC in Theaters cable service and all I can say is I'm so glad this was essentially a freebie since the movie was part of the service I already pay for. Actually the other thing I can say is this is only the second film I've seen from IFC Films that I can't understand how it got picked up for release.

This is an unfunny film that made me stare at the screen wondering what I was supposed to be laughing at. Moran is a funny comedian, I'm a huge fan of his, but he's not the star some other guy is so I had to really suffer. The best way to describe this is as the sort of odd ultra dry humor that is so dry as to not be funny. Who did Neil Jordan owe that he got hooked up with the writer and star?(Jordan's attitude at the beginning is how I felt about the film) A waste of time