The film follows Eamon, a quietly disturbed six-year old (new discovery Robert Donnelly), on a disastrously dysfunctional ‘staycation’ with his narcisstic mother Grace (feisty Amy Kirwan in an IFTA nominated performance) and his well-meaning but dead-beat father Daniel (an in-form Darren Healy). Eamon’s monopoly on his mother’s affections, with oedipal overtones as thick as the suntan lotion he insists on applying to her, rule out any revival of fortunes for Daniel - the sexually frustrated spare tyre in the trio. In the meantime Amy only has eyes for a Daniel Craig-like vision of masculinity in Speedos on the local beach. Corkery’s stylishly assured writing and direction lay the groundwork for the ensuing debacle; a train of events set off by Amy and Daniel’s wandering eyes and hyperactive Eamon’s consumption of just one glass of coke…
Film Crew
- : Margaret Corkery
- : Seamus Byrne
- : John Wallace
- : Margaret Corkery
- : David Grennan
- : Angel Concepcion
- : Mairead McIvor
- : Jon Stevenson
- : Colin J. Morris
- : Miriam Ingram
- : Paki Smith
- : Philippe Zone
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A family holiday brings to a head the destructive love between Eamon, a little boy with behaviour problems, his selfish mother & his sexually frustrated father.-
A family holiday at the Irish seaside brings the tensions between a little boy with behavioral problems, his selfish mother and his sexually frustrated father to a blackly comic peak in "Eamon." An entertainingly horrific vision of the Oedipus complex in action, this confidently stylized debut feature from writer-helmer Margaret Corkery plays like the offspring of Aki Kaurismaki and Todd Solondz. With further fest cuddling and cult status in ancillary assured, this small but perfectly formed pic might even find specialty playdates offshore.
Alissa Simon, Variety
