Coney Island Baby

Coney Island in Ireland is the odd hometown that Billy returns to after a minor stretch in an American prison. With plans to change his life, he buys a ramshackle potato chip truck and engages in a ludicrous courtship of his ex-girlfriend Bridget. But Billy can’t help becoming entwined in the life he left behind – selling toilet accessories with his gruff dad, hanging out with local lowlifes and becoming persona non grata in his own hometown. It all seems aimless, but Billy has a plan to win back his sweetheart, Bridget, and fly her away to America. Karl Geary, who wrote the screenplay and plays Billy, populates his shaggy schemer story with oddball characters. Director Amy Hobby, know as a producer of indie hits such as ‘Secretary’ and ‘Thirteen Conversations About One Thing’, delivers a charmer full of low-key performances, local color, and roguish appeal.