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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW
THE GENERAL (127 mins., R) It's easy to see why writer-director John Boorman wanted to make a movie about Martin Cahill, the Dublin thief who attained a folk-hero notoriety. As played by Brendan Gleeson, Cahill is like a junk-food addict with the soul of a sociopath, as well as a uniquely ramshackle brand of criminal genius. The film has a discipline and focus that's been missing from Boorman's recent work. That said, its slightly puerile romanticization of Cahill isn't supported by what it's showing us. B-
Posted Jan 22, 1999
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