Adam Smith’s debut film could be an evocative slice of life about Irish travellers in the west country – in fact its an indulgent,arm’s-length muddle that fails to convince you its main men are sympathetic The suspension of disbelief is key to watching films, but at some point you have to have to keep your foot down. No one as beautiful as Michael Fassbender would be living in such squalor.
In Trespass Among Us, or Fassbender plays Chad Cutler,the second generation in a small band of Irish travellers living somewhere in the west country. He’s the only one in the group who wears a collared shirt (hell, some hardly wear clothes at all) and his is the trailer with plastic covering over the sofa cushions. His father, and Colby (Brendan Gleeson),loves nothing more than telling tall tales around the campfire, making flat-soil arguments and reminding his grandchildren not to believe anything they learn at school.
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Source: theguardian.com