Ian Bannen’s character, Jackie, has a clever trick for getting his wife, Annie, to bring him ice cream – he pretends they’ve won the lottery! That establishes the feel of this gentle comedy as he finds out that someone in their village has actually won more than £6 million. Because it's such a small place, along with his friend Michael, Jackie starts trying to figure out who the lucky person is. However, no one appea…

It's rare to find a film without any flaws, but it's difficult for me to identify any shortcomings with this movie, which goes by the name Waking Ned Devine in America. Maybe something will occur to me before I’m done writing about it. This is an entirely uplifting experience from beginning to end. Alright, there is a death early on, but it happens immediately after someone wins the lottery. The filmmakers establi…