Grabbers

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6.3/10

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When an alien invasion strikes in a sleepy Ireland town, the residents learn that the only way to stay safe ... is to stay drunk.

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When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive.When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive.When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

20K

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See production info at IMDbPro

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- 4 wins & 11 nominations

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Trivia
While writer Kevin Lehane was backpacking across the world and being bit by mosquitoes, he heard the urban legend that eating Marmite (a vitamin B rich yeast spread) prevents mosquito bites. Hearing that, he wondered whether mosquitoes also got hungover from drunk people's blood. The thought stayed with him until he returned home and wrote the script for Grabbers based on the premise 'get drunk to survive'.

Quotes
Garda Lisa Nolan: You're drunk.
Garda Ciarán O'Shea: No, I'm not. No.
Garda Lisa Nolan: Is that right?
[Ciarán chuckles]
Garda Lisa Nolan: Say the alphabet backwards for me.
Garda Ciarán O'Shea: Em... Zed... Et cetera.
Garda Lisa Nolan: I hope you're not driving.
Garda Ciarán O'Shea: No. I'm taking Johnny's horse. Yah.
Garda Lisa Nolan: You're going to ride a horse while intoxicated?
Garda Ciarán O'Shea: Yeah, so? The horse is sober.

Crazy credits
"The events and characters depicted in this motion picture are a mixture of fact, fiction and fiction that is a product of inference from fact."

Connections
Featured in Projector: Grabbers (2013)

Soundtracks
Bop-a-Lena
Written by Mel Tillis (as Tillis) & Webb Pierce (as Pearce)
Performed by Ronnie Self

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Sober entertainment

You have to love a movie that plays with stereotypes and uses them for the plot. Of course you could call this twist in the plot convenient, but that would take the fun out of it. Plus it does really feel genuine in the movie. Even the romantic aspect of it does work (which is even crazier than the story of the movie itself).

The movie is called Grabbers for a reason. And the reason will be revealed pretty early on. Of course the twist that I mention will take some time until it is discovered by the characters, but most people who watched it did realize it much earlier (could be that it was in the description of the movie, since I haven't read it, I couldn't tell you though). A really fun light little comedy, that is worth your time