The Yank

The Yank
The Yank
	Film poster
Directed by
Written by	Sean Lackey
Starring	Colm Meaney; Fred Willard; Kevin Farley; Niki Spiridakos; Nicole Forester; Sean Lackey;
Cinematography	Keith Nickoson
Edited by	David Jingo
Music by	Chris Ainscough
Production; company	Wet Ears Productions
Distributed by	(US) ; (UK and Ireland)
Release date	March 23, 2014 (Cleveland);

The Yank is an independent comedy film written, directed and starring .^[2]

Plot[]

Irish American, Tom Murphy, is the first in his family to go to Ireland. His family sees this as an opportunity to marry "his own kind" so he must choose between his family's expectations and what his heart really wants.^[3]

Cast[]

Colm Meaney as Fintan McGuire
Fred Willard as Peter Murphy
Kevin Farley as Fred Finnegan
Nicole Forester as Colleen
Niki Spiridakos as Vanessa
as Tom Murphy
Charlotte Bradley as Fiona McGuire
as Molly Sweeney
Martin Maloney as Declan Sweeney
as Hristos
as Ricardo
as Bernie
as Annie Murphy
as Stephen

Production[]

The film is a satirical comedy on Americans that go to Ireland, or any other foreign country, but have high expectations. Since many Americans mistakenly see Ireland from the vantage of John Wayne's The Quiet Man, the film attempts to expose this absurdity in a "tongue and cheek" way.

Reception[]

The film received mixed reviews upon release.

Lee Hazell of VultureHound.cok felt that the low budget and film style lacked discipline and production quality.^[4] George Heymont of The Huffington Post felt it had strong comedic moments and was cleverly written.^[5] Drew Hunt of the Chicago Reader wrote: The cliché dialogue, stereotypical characters, and cheesy, G-rated humor belong in a sitcom.^[6]

References[]

^ "The Yank - Cleveland International Film Festival :: March 30 - April 10, 2022".
^ "Cleveland filmmaker Sean Lackey has the luck of the Irish, and a new film deal and pub (photos)". 5 February 2016.
^ "Film Review: 'The Yank'". thewildgeese.irish.
^ Lee Hazell (1 March 2016). "Paddywhacked – The Yank (Film Review)".
^ Heymont, George (20 March 2015). "She's All That".
^ "The Yank". 16 October 2014.

External links[]

The Yank at IMDb

[1] "The Yank - Cleveland International Film Festival :: March 30 - April 10, 2022".

[2] "Cleveland filmmaker Sean Lackey has the luck of the Irish, and a new film deal and pub (photos)". 5 February 2016.

[3] "Film Review: 'The Yank'". thewildgeese.irish.

[vulturehound.co.uk-4] Lee Hazell (1 March 2016). "Paddywhacked – The Yank (Film Review)".

[5] Heymont, George (20 March 2015). "She's All That".

[6] "The Yank". 16 October 2014.

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