Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- sardonic
- absurd
- lazy sunday
- dark comedy night
What critics said
Critics broadly found an inventive, entertaining Irish comedy with strong performances and a self-aware blend of absurdity and suspense.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Pierce and Mark set out to make a movie, after which events begin resembling the story they are creating.
The plot centers on a dead body and escalating danger while retaining a broadly comic register.
Pierce is a broke, jobless actor and Mark is a broke, jobless screenwriter trying to make a film.
The film is an Irish-American production set around Irish characters and was compared critically to Irish cult comedy traditions.
Films like A Film with Me in It, and why
Withnail & I
Shared darkly comic tone, struggling creative protagonists, and escalating absurdity around death
The Player
Shared self-reflexive comedy, criminal complications, and mystery-thriller structure
In Bruges
Shared black humor, deadpan delivery, and ordinary people trapped in increasingly dangerous situations
Adaptation.
Shared writer-centered metafiction, comic suspense, and life imitating invented stories
Movie Details
- Director
- Ian Fitzgibbon
- Release Date
- 2008-10-17
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (83)
Cast
- Dylan Moran
- Mark Doherty
- Amy Huberman
- Keith Allen
- Aisling O'Sullivan
- David O'Doherty
- Neil Jordan
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers
- Hugh O'Conor
- Laura Way
Common questions
- What is A Film with Me in It about?
- Two desperate Irish creatives discover that their attempt to write a movie is turning their chaotic lives into a dangerous black comedy.
- What is A Film with Me in It like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Film with Me in It as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is A Film with Me in It violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in A Film with Me in It as mild.
- What did critics think of A Film with Me in It?
- Critics broadly found an inventive, entertaining Irish comedy with strong performances and a self-aware blend of absurdity and suspense.
- Which films are like A Film with Me in It?
- Films with a similar feel include Withnail & I, The Player, In Bruges, and Adaptation..
- How long is A Film with Me in It?
- A Film with Me in It runs 89 minutes.
