The Black Guelph

Name: The Black Guelph
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: June 25, 2024
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 76

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Entertainment Squad | Release Date (Streaming): June 25, 2024 | Not Rated

Summary: Kanto, a small time drug dealer trying to get off the streets whose long absent father Cormac, an industrial school survivor, returns home looking for forgiveness and reconciliation.

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 120 min

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Jun 25, 2024

The Black Guelph is as gritty as gritty can get. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Jun 25, 2024

It’s a little rough around the edges but there’s no denying the film’s unflinching potency. Read full review

John DeFore

Jun 25, 2024

Intriguing characters and elements of crime fiction prevent the film from being a dour slog, but there’s not much hope to be found here, especially for victims who, due to payoffs and court-ordered silence, can never share their trauma with an outraged public. Read full review

The Film Verdict Stephen Dalton

Jun 25, 2024

As it gathers to its grim conclusion with the inevitability of Greek tragedy, The Black Guelph becomes a quietly furious critique of power, corruption and lies among Ireland’s elites, from the police to the church to the upper echelons of government. Read full review

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