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"Deadly cuts" tells the story of Michelle (Angeline Ball) and her team of hair stylists in a working-class suburb of Dublin. A local criminal Deano (Ian Lloyd Anderson) is forcing her to pay protection money and a local councilor is threatening to demolish the street. I kind of liked the storyline. Yes, there is a twist that you will see coming from a mile away but overall it is a very well executed plot with a fantastic cast. Outstanding acting from mainly Angeline Ball (Michelle), Ericka Roe (Stacey) and Shauna Higgins (Chantelle). The movie is fast-paced and with a run-time of only 90 minutes you will never get bored. As the spoken language is Irish, I am sure I missed some jokes here and there. But this is a movie well worth watching.

Humorous and very silly but it's also deep and dark in places. It's almost two different nfilms mixed in to one. Definitely worth a watch though as there's some great laugh out loud bits.

This was a surprisingly well done comedy, not too wet and well acted and directed. Similar to zoolander but smarter and funnier without going over the top to the point of ruining the idea. Worth the watch, especially if you think Irish people are inherently funny.

Greetings again from the darkness. If we have to depend on Dublin filmmaking for the year's first stellar comedy, then so be it. This is the first feature film from writer-director Rachel Carey, but it certainly won't be the last. Somehow she's created a black and blue comedy that plays like a mash-up of ZOOLANDER (2001) and BLOW THE MAN DOWN (2018), two films I feel sure had not previously been mentioned in the same sentence.

Piglinstown is a small, working class community in Dublin ... the metaphorical 'other side of the tracks'. Michelle (Angeline Ball, THE COMMITMENTS, 1991) runs the salon, and is just one of the local business being threatened by gang activity and gentrification driven by greedy politicians. Michelle's staff includes Stacey (Erika Roe, HERSELF, 2020), a stylist who believes winning an upcoming competition can not only save the salon, but also her dreams of finally being accepted by the mother that deserted her many years ago; Gemma (Lauren Larkin), the in-house amateur psychologist and therapist; and Chantelle (Shauna Higgins, "Red Rock"), a socially awkward wizard with hair color. It's a motley crew of women who are stronger than they think, and display a camaraderie that defines small business and small towns.

The ladies embrace the upcoming "Ahh Hair" competition as their road to salvation, where a win would boost the salon's reputation and make tearing the shop down for luxury apartments an unthinkable act. The problem is that the annual competition is consistently won by the posh shop where Michelle once worked before a catastrophic on stage occurrence many years ago. The high end shop is now run by her hilariously intimidating rival Pippa (Victoria Smurfit, "Marcella"). This becomes a bit of a parody of class distinction between Dublin's north and south side.

But there is much more here than the hair styling competition. Some of the grit of the working class rears its head one evening when the gang leader threatens the ladies of the salon. One thing leads to another and soon the shop has earned its name, "Deadly Cuts." Although crime and violence play a role here, the gore is minimal and mostly occurs off screen, and even packs its own level of humor. Ms. Carey loads up her script with a slew of one-liners, each expertly delivered by a cast that embraces the cinematic lampoon. "The hair tongs are heating up" is merely one example of what is broadcast by FAD TV during the competition. For a rollicking good time, check this one out ... though you may need the closed captions unless your ears are in full Irish mode.

Featured at the 2021 Seattle International Film Festival.

This film is the worst thing to happen to Ireland since Britain. I was shocked to see it was funded by the Irish Film Board judging by the sloppy quality of filmmaking on display. Felt like a student film, or something a half talented child would make.

Terrible.

Awful.

No bueno.

Good basis to a story line. Unsure if they were trying to over exaggerate the south dublin accents but they were so bad, particularly pippas- that we ended up loosing focus on the movie and just giving out that they couldn't get decent Irish actors to do decent Irish accents.

I didn't have high hopes seeing the low score but gave it a go after watching the trailer. As can often be the case, I was worried the trailer showed the best bits with the funniest jokes but this wasn't the case for Deadly Cuts. The script was not only sharp and witty but the acting was fantastic too. Maybe some of the humour is lost on people outside of Ireland!? Yes, it's "just" a fun, dark comedy .... But it's bleedin deadly!

Super funny cute comedy from Ireland. I wish it had subtitles coz good gods they have thick accents but it was very nice. I liked it a lot. Decent humour nice performances ok directing.

I have to admit that when I read the synopsis for the 2021 Irish comedy "Deadly Cuts" from writer and director Rachel Carey, then it seemed like a movie that could prove to be enjoyable and funny.

Well, it could have, but it wasn't. "Deadly Cuts" was a really slow paced movie with a subpar storyline. And I found it to be lacking greatly in contents, and I wasn't really the least bit entertained by the movie's plot, nor were I enjoying what I was seeing on the screen.

The storyline told in "Deadly Cuts" just fell short of catching my interest, and it was a struggle to sit through this ordeal. So it was a swing and a miss for me.

I will say that the acting performances in the movie were adequate, but the actresses and actors were just severely limited by the restrictions of an inferior script.

If you enjoy comedies, then "Deadly Cuts" is not a movie I would recommend. The movie failed to make me laugh even once. In fact, writer and director Rachel Carey didn't even manage to put a smile on my lips.

My rating of "Deadly Cuts" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

Don't know why the ratings are so low. The movie is inspiring for all. Even being Asian I could understand every word ... love the Irish accent ... Performances were great ...

This movie was recommended to me by an Irish friend, but like most Irish films you can't make out a word. OK, not true, you can make out 2 of 20 words. If you know Ireland you know they define themselves by classes, their idea not mine, and this is what's called a 'working class' accent. With no other audience that can understand a word they say you can see this is made by, starring, and exclusively for said class. The rest of us, well, we end up annoyed and turn them off within 5 minutes.

The fact that 85 minutes of this did not end up on the cutting room floor is tragic.

Not evern a giggle at how bad it was. You know when a film is so bad its funny. This is a rung below that. It isn't even laughably bad, it just 90 minutes of life robbery.

A film set in a Dublin hairdressers should have been much much better. It was very enjoyable but it felt very stifled and awkward. I could feel like this was geared to a wider market while watching it as there wasn't a natural flow of jokes, craic n all the daft stuff that goes on in a Dublin hairdressers. Characters were good but it was like it was directed by someone who was afraid to show real Irish life which would have been much funnier. Making the village fictional probably added to that. The cast were great and costumes and hair were well done. The film itself hould have been great too.

Just finished watching this and really enjoyed it! Angeline Ball looked beautiful....gorgeous! Great one liners...pure Dublin wit! If you get our sarcastic sense of humour you'l love it! Enjoy! :D.

I'm really fond of dark comedy, and I really love Irish comedies. So this was brilliant fun for me. It was a bit campy at times, but it kept everything fun.

These girls really put the "deadly" in the deadly cut, in a really humours way. But in the rough town where they're trying to keep their hair salon, they have to! No body, no problem! The acting was great, and there's a lot of really likable characters, even in the bit rolls. Especially the other people from the small Irish town.

Even though the overall plot was predictable, the giggles kept coming. So it was just fun, with murder on the side.

Good IRISH humour. Can't believe its getting 5.4 rating. Very very funny. Go on. Watch it and decide for yourself.

Didn't bother looking at reviews beforehand and glad I didn't or may have put me off. I hope this review encourages a watch.

Not a profound work of cinema, but Deadly Cuts is, nonetheless an extremely entertaining film. Somewhat implausible though, imho. But I loved the camp.

The movie was fun. Included both elements of comedy and bloody crime. Acting was very realistic. Message, always follow your dreams and believe in yourself, was a great highlight of the movie. Strongly recommend.

Quirky and funny film about a struggling salon under threat of closure and a team of stylists fighting, literally, for their lives and livelihood. They take the chance to enter the ridiculously pretentious Ahh Hair competition and beat their long time rival (a very funny Victoria Smurfitt). The goal is to impress the hilariously camp D'Logan - "this is what D'Logan does".

Great performances and some banging music, well worth a watch.

I loved this film. Very enjoyable and a full of laughs. Very well acted and directed. Zoolander meets the Commitments meets Caddyshack. Hopefully it will be released in the Cinema.

Good characters both in the background and the lead roles.

Didn't have high hopes for this film but it was a great watch. Really laughed at it. Enjoyed it from start to finish.

Actors were brilliant and the ladies from the salon outdid themselves.