"Pixie"
Respectable and decent Harland (Daryl McCormack) and the cocky womaniser Frank (Ben Hardy) are two friends living in Ireland. They fall for the charming and enigmatic Pixie O'Brien (Olivia Cooke) and when Frank tries to seduce her, Harland accidentally foils an attempt on her life. Seeing that the would be murderer is carrying a metric dick-load of ecstasy tablets, Pixie convinces the two horny idiots to accompany her in a quest to sell the drugs. Thus begins a road trip, as the trio are caught up in a struggle between Pixie's father Dermot (Colm Meany) and his rival in gangland disputes, Father Hector McGrath (Alec Baldwin), and are pursed by the former's hitman Seamus, who just wants the drugs back...
This movie is a fun, breezy little road trip dark comedy. Think of it like a B-List "The Guard" and you're going to have a good time, mostly because Olivia Cooke smashes it. The characters are, for the most part, fun and interesting, and Ben Hardy manages to make Frank not a total bellend by virtue of how the two lads are wrapped around Pixie's finger the entire time. There's a funny Dylan Moran cameo, and it all breezes along with energy and fun rapport, even if some of the plotlines feel a tad cramped.
Olivia Cooke is wonderful in this, and it's kind of bizarre seeing Alec Baldwin play a gangster priest (briefly, you can tell that they had him for about 3 days of shooting) so go see it for her if nothing else?
I recommend.
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