Sensing a lucrative business opportunity, Colm and George convince the Scalper to give up his client list and they then set out to learn everything about selling hairpieces, much to the amusement of Colm's mother (RUTH McCABE) and girlfriend, Bronagh (ANNA FRIEL). They're eventually successful, however, in making their first sale with their new company, The Piece People, but then realize that they have competition from another business, Toupee or Not Toupee.
From that point on, they race against their competitors to sell the most hairpieces before Christmas Eve, with the winner being assured of having the monopoly of the business. Yet, they must contend with customers who won't pay, an I.R.A. man (COLUM CONVEY) who wants the two to supply the I.R.A. with hairpieces, and an overzealous investigator who wants to nail that man.
Members of both the I.R.A. and the British military and/or local police carry various weapons and use them to threaten or arrest others, while in one scene a mental patient bites a man somewhere on his head (but with no graphic results). Some of those scenes could be a little tense to some viewers. Various characters drink and smoke (with a miscellaneous character apparently being passed out drunk), and they and others have varying degrees of bad attitudes. Finally, we briefly see some cow manure both on the floor of a barn and coming directly from the source.
Should you still be concerned with the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who wishes to see it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed content listings for more specific examples of what occurs in it.
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(2000) (Barry McEvoy, Brian F. O'Byrne) (R)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Mild
Minor
Heavy
Mild
Moderate
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
None
None
Minor
Extreme
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Moderate
Moderate
None
Mild
Mild
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Reviewed December 19, 2000 / Posted December 25, 2000
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