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The General

Summary: The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: John Boorman

Writers: John Boorman

, Paul Williams

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board, J & M, Merlin Films

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Countries: United Kingdom, Ireland

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,214,198

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Domestic:$1.2MWorldwide:$1.2M

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The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this -1% lower than the critics.

82%81%

The Metacritic audience rated this -22% lower than the critics.

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81/100

Metacritic User:

59/100

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22% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

0% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

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The General, 1926 - ★★★★½

For some reason, the answer as to whether movement or spoken words was funnier seemed clear to me.

Buster Keaton: They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will be, because...

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Nov 10th 2021

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The General, 1926 - ★★★★★

THE GENERAL (Buster Keaton, USA, 1926) 10

Seeing this for first time in theater with the Alloy Orchestra performing their driving, percussion-heavy score was (to steal analogy from papist filmgeek...

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Jun 22nd 2020

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THE GENERAL

Content: -4 Intentional blasphemy, evil, gross immorality, and/or worldview problems. (To be avoided)

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What You Need To Know:THE GENERAL is a character study...

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Aug 21st 2012

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