Product Details

• Actors: Dudley Sutton, Tom Georgeson, Anna Friel, Tallulah Pitt-Brown, Tony Maudsley
• Directors: John Eyres
• Writers: John Eyres, Max Myers
• Producers: Alex Brown, Cynthia H. Margulis, Donald A. Barton, Douglas W. Miller, Geoff Griffith
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Bauer
• DVD Release Date: March 14, 2006
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BFH2W8
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #53,197 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Irish Jam" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The town of Ballywood, Ireland has a cash flow problem. To avert foreclosure, the townspeople devise a poetry contest in hopes of collecting enough entry fees. Con-artist, Jimmy of South Central L.A., on the run from bill collectors and a jilted lover, is the lucky winner. Jimmy, who relocates to Ballywood, has always dreamed of living on an island. Meanwhile the townspeople are expecting an American of Irish descent. What follows is a hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy with romance, heart, and a great message about community and friendship.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hip Hop can be poetry..., February 24, 2006

By	quikspinlou (USA) - See all my reviews

Irish Jam was one of those movies that had me laughing all the way through. Eddie Griffin stars in a film about a rapper who enters a contest, thinking that he's going to win something else, when in fact he wins the deed to a failing Irish Pub. The people that live in a small town in Ireland come up with a plan to giveaway the deed to one of the pubs, in hopes that the newcomer will come in and keep the town from being sold. The people create this poetry contest and Griffin's character enters this contests and ends up winning, and of course goes off to Ireland to find that he has to run a pub in town that's trying to avoid being sold. He mostly ends up going to Ireland to avoid his overzealous ex-girlfriend, and forget his failing rap career. The most hilarious moments are when Griffin's character, Jimmy, tries to help the people of the town become more "hip" in the ways of his own urban lifestyle.

I suggest this movie to anyone, it made me laugh, and it kept me interested. It's the kind of film that shows the clashing of cultures and the acceptance of difference in others, but does it in a way that keeps you amused and interested. I think you'll find that you will enjoy this movie, and I urge you to give it a chance! You'll be laughing all the way through.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed it., August 2, 2008

By	Michael Jones (SPAIN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

the acting is good its worth watching. the story line is predictable, but its ok.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cute movie, but been there, done that., May 25, 2008

By	G. E. Williams "Nunah" (California) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Irish Jam is a cute story, pretty well written, and pretty well acted, and filmed in a beautiful locale.

It is the story of a con man who goes gooey, and buys his own con, or goes good, depending on your perspective (The Music Man, Curley Sue etc, etc.). A fatherless child sees the good in a hustler that no one else can sense, and then changes his life. There are some funny parts, lots of stereotypes, a far fetched romance, and a happy ending.

All in all, not a bad way to spend an hour and a half.