WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

peter1892 Having read the book upon which this movie is based I was interested in seeing how the story would transfer onto the screen. I read the book back when it was published (1998 I think) and I have fond memories of the original journey which Tony Hawks made around Ireland (with a fridge). I found the movie to be silly, with far too many clichés and Paddywhackery. A real pity. Also, while I didn't really expect the screenplay to follow the original storyline in exact detail I felt that adaptation was quite dull and boring, missing out some of the fun things that happened and concentrating on a few very obvious anecdotes. To be honest, there's nothing much to recommend about this film. The book, however, is still great!

Adams5905 Tripe, drivel, rubbish, crap, dross, whatever you call it, it's still the same thing. This film missed the genuine sparkle contained within the book, which was a silly story about a silly person doing something silly. I've (obviously) read the book, and loved it! This tries much too hard to be funny, and as a result, falls flat. Tony Hawks' comedy is minutely observational, and can be cripplingly funny (see his website), so you would imagine he'd be a gifted scriptwriter. This steaming pile, however, is didacticism at its worst. Pity he didn't get his pal, Arthur Smith involved!.. I managed a whole hour, but it felt much longer. It started slow (not a bad thing), and slowed down! TH's career has stalled recently, so I guess this was a way to pay the mortgage!..Turn over, and watch the weather channel instead, it would certainly be more instructive, and may even be funnier!..Better still, read the book!..Here's hoping his next project, an adaptation of another of his books, 'Playing the Moldovans' at Tennis is better...

Ange Lina After spotting a man with a fridge hitch-hiking in Ireland, the author and comedian Tony Hawks took up a challenge to do the same thing for a month. The Irish warmed to this eccentric idea, making Tony and his travelling companion most welcome. He went on to write a book about his experiences entitled Round Ireland with a Fridge. This features the fridge in a variety of locations – by the sea, hitching a lift, and attracting the attention of a couple of curious nuns. In the film of the book, Tony plays himself, accompanied by his co-star, the fridge, looking well-travelled in a multi-coloured coat of graffiti from well-wishers along the way. The making of this low-budget, independent British movie is a tale of David and Goliath - an unassuming, offbeat story taking a stand against the blockbuster giants.

diggus doggus A hunch tells me that the script to 'Round Ireland With A Fridge must have been written amongst laughs, giggles and mass hilarity, probably by a couple - or more - of drunken TV writers, in a pub probably;RIWAF tells the story of a declining daytime TV star who chooses to go on a bet-inspired hitchhiking trip 'round Ireland dragging a small fridge, at first for no real reason except maybe to get away, then with the purpose of finding himself and tasting long lost freedom.Along the way he runs into a nice looking girl and then falls in love (yes, i know, you have seen it already).Besides the lame premise, the main character's voyage of discovery never really develops, and the meat of the story boils down to a bunch of rather not funny sketches. The love interest is visibly forced into the role, and the supporting characters are either badly acted (the radio DJ) or never developed properly (everyone else); being this ireland and him an englishman, you'd know there would be the pub scene where he comes in the pub and wants a quick pint hurriedly, with the old irish man telling him "we do things slowly here in ireland", later proving this to be a great bit of philosophical advice:yeah but no, they have that bit but he just walks back out of the pub. no revelation here. no character development. same for the truck driver. the hostel owner. the next hostel owner. the next next hostel owner. the guy in the street. the shop keepers. then as a stroke of genius the underplayed, understated, underscripted conclusion, and the lame ending that hints (yay!) at a romantic conclusion, for two characters we didn't really know even liked each other. and why.to be honest, i did laugh a couple times, but more because "its so bad" kind of way; in a way, the film isn't even just a collection of clichés, because these are used by filmmakers as their end result is known and good, even if obvious. this is just a guy travelling in a non-scenic part of ireland with nothing really happening, and small and i dare say underutilized clichés to bind the non consequential scenes together.take Apocalypse Now. remove the subplot about the colonel. take out the great lines such as "napalm in the morning", and the great scenes such as the choppers with the loudspeakers on the sides. tone down the action, make all the shots close, water down the ... aww, no, Apocalypse Now would still be better.such a shame, as the film was properly made (production, editing, music and so on), but there is just no real reason to watch it. it's not a comedy, its not a chick flick, its not even a beautiful glide through nature, its a half baked hour and half of nothing with some fat birds and ugly blokes being not any funnier than your mates are when you go down the pub.scene: not having changed one bit by his trekking adventure, the Man© tries to forget the love interest that doesn't interest him at all and land some bird. he goes on stage to show he's back being cool, but realizes the audience isn't going to like it. so he bounces a golf ball on a golf iron. and thus gets a free pint and then the pub characters whom he befriends are never seen again, he lands the bird but loses her right away, and also screws up a relation he didn't really have with bird n.2i'm not really sure what is enticing in this story. is it the fridge? is he on a journey of discovery? because if he is, he doesn't discover much of anything. does he get the girl? he doesn't, apparently, nor is he better/worse for it. does he have fun~? i didn't think so, and neither do we.right.. final vote 5/10 but i know some films worth 3/10 i'd rather watch.