Rent Pixie (2020)
3.0 of 5 from 289 ratings
1h 29min
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- Synopsis:
- Pixie (Olivia Cooke) wants to avenge her mother's death by masterminding a heist, but her plans go awry and she finds herself on the run with two young men (Hardy, McCormack) who are way out of their depth being chased across the Wild Irish countryside by gangsters. She has to pit her wits against everyone, taking on the patriarchy to claim the right to shape her own life.
- Actors:
- Olivia Cooke, Fra Fee, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Pat Shortt, Frankie McCafferty, Esme Thompson, Chris Walley, Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack, Colm Meaney, Packy Lee, Turlough Convery, Olivia Byrne, Brenda McNeill, Alec Baldwin, Barbara Adair, Donal O'Farrell, Ned Dennehy, David Rawle, Eoin Duffy
- Directors:
- Barnaby Thompson
- Producers:
- Preston Thompson, Preston Thompson
- Writers:
- Preston Thompson
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Thrillers
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Reviews (2) of Pixie
Excellent Irish film - Pixie review by DL
Great story, great cast, great soundtrack and great scenery. This is Guy Ritchie meets Tarantino in a wonderful Irish gangster film.
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Great Irish Set Dark Comedy - Pixie review by GI
This comedy crime thriller is well worth checking out especially for the very adept central performance by Olivia Cooke as the title character. It's Irish setting adding to that feeling of tough yet funny situations. There's an element of Tarantino mixed with the film style of something like In Bruges (2008) or The Guard (2011) here and added all together makes for a really enjoyable film. Pixie is the step daughter of a local gangster (Colm Meaney), who dotes on her but her step brother (Turlough Convery) hates her. Pixie's mother died in mysterious circumstances and she's determined to get to the bottom of it and take revenge. She uses her natural beauty and sassiness to control the men around her including two hapless locals (Ben Hardy & Daryl McCormack) who inadvertently get embroiled in her plans when they gain possession of a large quantity of drugs coveted by all the big baddies including a criminal gang of Catholic priests. It all rattles along at a nice pace and has plenty of big laughs along the way and there's some bloody violence thrown in to put it on the dark side of comedy. Alec Baldwin has a small cameo but offers little other than some star presence but overall this is a joy.
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