The Van . Tucson Weekly . 08-25-97

The Van

DIRECTED BY: Stephen Frears

REVIEWED: 08-25-97

This third installment in Roddy Doyle's Barrytown trilogy is written by Doyle and directed by Stephen Frears; despite the talent involved, the film lacks spark. The story concerns Bimbo and Larry, a pair of unemployed Irishmen who decide to employ themselves selling fish and chips from a mobile food truck. After an auspicious start, business bogs down as the two bicker and snipe over the usual issues of ego and temperament. They go out drinking, they get in fights, they have the standard set of conflicts that can occur between blokes. Eventually, it seems this shared business venture has put their very friendship at stake. This film isn't as funny as it wants to be; perhaps the claustrophobic setting of the inside of a truck puts a damper on things.

--Richter

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