Yes. More sad than 75% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Danny Boy easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Danny Boy end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Danny Boy violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Danny Boy

Name: Danny Boy
Genre: Drama, War, TV Movie
Released: 2021
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Anthony Boyle, Toby Jones, Leah McNamara, Alex Ferns, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Directed by Sam Miller

Produced by Red Dragon Productions, Expectation TV

202190 min6.8 / 10

A morally complex courtroom drama examining the collision between military duty and human rights accountability in the aftermath of war.

Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of Britain’s biggest ever public inquiries, the Al-Sweady Inquiry.

Clusters

Morally Ambiguous Crime Dramas Murder And Assassination European Regional Settings

Genres

Drama War TV Movie

Keywords

United Kingdom War Crime

Questions people ask

Is Danny Boy sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.
Is Danny Boy easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Does Danny Boy end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Danny Boy scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is Danny Boy violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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