Irish Jam

Irish Jam was one of those movies that had me laughing all the way through. Eddie Griffin stars in a film about a rapper who enters a contest, thinking that he's going to win something else, when in fact he wins the deed to a failing Irish Pub. The people that live in a small town in Ireland come up with a plan to giveaway the deed to one of the pubs, in hopes that the newcomer will come in and keep the town from being sold. The people create this poetry contest and Griffin's character enters this contests and ends up winning, and of course goes off to Ireland to find that he has to run a pub in town that's trying to avoid being sold. He mostly ends up going to Ireland to avoid his overzealous ex-girlfriend, and forget his failing rap career. The most hilarious moments are when Griffin's character, Jimmy, tries to help the people of the town become more "hip" in the ways of his own urban lifestyle.

I suggest this movie to anyone, it made me laugh, and it kept me interested. It's the kind of film that shows the clashing of cultures and the acceptance of difference in others, but does it in a way that keeps you amused and interested. I think you'll find that you will enjoy this movie, and I urge you to give it a chance! You'll be laughing all the way through.

Irish Jam is a cute story, pretty well written, and pretty well acted, and filmed in a beautiful locale.

It is the story of a con man who goes gooey, and buys his own con, or goes good, depending on your perspective (The Music Man, Curley Sue etc, etc.). A fatherless child sees the good in a hustler that no one else can sense, and then changes his life. There are some funny parts, lots of stereotypes, a far fetched romance, and a happy ending.

All in all, not a bad way to spend an hour and a half.

Ms. "Triple zeros" and Mr. "culture," Could you please elaborate on what exactly was so bad about the movie? Example; I'm Cuban, and I'm offended by Scarface. Why because it has an Italian American(as if they couldn't find any aspiring Cuban actors)playing a Cuban Mafioso. Reality is most Cubans in Miami are middle class, politically, and socially conservative. What's more if they're 1st generation they don't speak broken and retarded English to their relatives. They speak the Spanish of their birth.

There's an example for you of a critique. What exactly did you find objectionable about Irish Jam?

I liked it because it sends a message to American culture that Ireland isn't some kind of magical fairyland where every body looks like a leprechaun, tells jokes, drinks beer, and is after the pot of gold.

In fact in the movie there's a part where the English schemer, and corporate monger wants everyone to dress as lepracuans in his new theme park. The townspeople are offended by it, and finally there is an expression by something like a movie that Ireland is made up of real people, with real problems, and not leprechuans. They also are facing the same enemy today that has plagued us since the begining of History, the rich, and the greedy to get richer. I also especially liked the singing by the main female character played by Cathy Murphy.