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  • Full Frame
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  • English: Dolby Digital Stereo
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  Extras
  • Teaser trailer - The Bank, The Dinner Game, Mullet
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Animated menus

The Most Fertile Man in Ireland

Madman Entertainment/AV Channel . R4 . COLOR . 93 mins . M15+ . PAL

  Feature
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System Requirements: DVD Player, The Most Fertile Man In Ireland disc, a blackly odd sense of humour, a group of equally equipped friends, 93 spare minutes.

Now, do you have all that? OK you are ready to go now. Sit down, place the disc in, and relax for 93 minutes and chuckle away. The only way to watch a comedy is with others; so take advantage of this low-budget kooky example. Instead of the same-old same-old American so-called comedies, this little underrated gem is sure to tickle more than your funny bone. Just the idea of sex in the title gets people in...

It may sound weird; it may sound crazy, you may be right too! This oddball comedy throws plenty of coins into the 'originality' basket, and lots into the 'fun' basket too. The story is based around Eamonn, who discovers that he has what is known as super sperm. With this new tool, he is able to make infertile women pregnant with one 'session.' But wait, the Catholic Church doesn't permit artificial insemination, so this fertile man becomes the only hope for infertile Catholic women. So what happens next? He does what any normal person would do - sell their service. Former nerd Eamonn is making a move on a possible girlfriend, confident with his newfound tool, but boy, something will hit the fan when she finds out. Meanwhile the Protestants are outraged by this new business as it means that there will be more Catholics than Protestants... oh boy, one for the courts... well why not, Billy Connolly did it. Anyway, that is an insight into the oddball ways of Belfast... but watch it for yourself - it offers just a great night of fun.

  Video
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The video is presented in a widescreen aspect of 1.78:1 and is 16x9 enhanced. Overall it looks very very good, however one or two problems do detract from this.

There is no aliasing (for once) and a lovely sharp, detailed picture. The colours are rendered very nicely with some soft, pale colours that are lacking the richness of some other transfers. Yet other colours are brightly rendered, and boast rich, natural skin tones. Shadow detail is very good, although one or two scenes are lacking a bit.

There is very little film grain, and no visible film artefacts. From these points of view it is a very clean transfer, however there are the odd one or two MPEG artefacts. There is some minor pixelation including a quick distortion which occurs at 76:34 for a brief flash, but is very distracting to the scene.

  Audio
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There is only one audio track provided on this disc - a Dolby Digital 2.0 English track. This has not been encoded with surround, but acts as a superb stereo soundtrack.

Dialogue is clear throughout the feature with surprisingly few problems with accents. For a film from this area, some phrases are often hard to understand - just watch Waking Ned Devine - a brilliant movie, but some phrases require subtitles. However with this disc only one or two phrases needed questioning.

For a stereo track, the bass is rich and deep, providing a great depth to the soundtrack. The front left and right channels were used very well with plenty of discrete effects. Obviously there are no discrete surround or subwoofer channels on this soundtrack.

  Extras
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The menus are animated with audio, and are aesthetically very good, yet very simple. There are a few basic features on this disc including four trailers and a 20-minute featurette.

The trailers are of The Most Fertile Man In Ireland, The Bank, Mullet and The Dinner Game. These trailers all have Dolby Digital 2.0 audio.

The featurette is an interesting one, and has a good look at the people involved with the film. This includes interviews with the cast and crew mixed in with film footage - so the usual behind-the-scenes. This is presented in the aspect of 1.33:1 with Dolby Digital 2.0 audio.

  Overall  
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This film will provide a chuckle for nearly everyone, but may require a watch before purchasing as overall the humour may not be everyone's cup of tea. The video is generally very good, as is the stereo audio. The features are superb for a film from a small film company. Overall an entertaining disc that should be hired at least once... OK, OK, hired more than once!


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      And I quote...
    "An entertaining disc that should be hired at least once... OK, OK, hired more than once!"
    - Martin Friedel
      Review Equipment
    • DVD Player:
          Nowa DS-8318
    • TV:
          TEAC 68cm CTV
    • Speakers:
          Teac PLS-60 Home Theatre System
    • Centre Speaker:
          Teac PLS-60 Home Theatre System
    • Surrounds:
          Teac PLS-60 Home Theatre System
    • Audio Cables:
          Standard RCA
    • Video Cables:
          standard s-video
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