Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) on Netflix
Michael Lynch is among Dublin's most notorious criminals, with two wives, sisters Christine and Lisa. His gang's heists are staged for showmanship, and Noel Quigley is determined to catch him.
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Plot summary
Michael Lynch has two wives, Christine and Lisa, who are sisters, along with many children, and he is among Dublin's most notorious criminals. Between jobs he spends time with his family, and when he plans a robbery with his gang he cares as much about the showmanship as about the money, which makes him an iconic figure to the public. That popularity is an embarrassment to the Gardaí, and Noel Quigley in particular is obsessed with catching him. A daring theft of paintings from a Dublin gallery leaves the authorities without him. His activities also draw the anger of the IRA.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
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- Thaddeus O'Sullivan abandoned adapting Paul Williams's book The General because he did not want to work again under the factual and legal constraints of a film based on real people, developing instead a story only loosely based on the crime boss Martin Cahill.
- Kevin Spacey saw Colin Farrell in a play at London's Donmar Warehouse Theatre and invited him to appear in one of his films, then convinced director Thaddeus O'Sullivan to cast Farrell in Ordinary Decent Criminal.
- Thaddeus O'Sullivan said he would have cast more Irish actors but for John Boorman's rival film The General, and would have given Seán McGinley a part had McGinley's role in that film not been so prominent.
