Calm with Horses

2020 100 min ★ 6.3 Crime, Drama

In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.

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Cast

Cosmo Jarvis

Arm

Barry Keoghan

Dympna

Niamh Algar

Ursula

Ned Dennehy

Paudi

Kiljan Moroney

Jack

Brid Brennan

Maire Mirkin

Liam Carney

Fannigan

Simone Kirby

June

Anthony Welsh

Rob

David Wilmot

Hector

Details

Director

Nick Rowland

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

DMC Film, Film4 Productions, Element Pictures, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Reviews

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SWITCH.

December 5, 2020

★ 8/10

'Calm with Horses' is definitely engrossing and heavy shit. There's some savage inner violence going on within the main character; the barbarity on the screen can't match the turmoil that's going on in his head. It's a strikingly accomplished portrait of a broken soul hauling himself back up from rock bottom. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/rev...

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CinemaSerf

May 29, 2025

★ 7/10

Ned Dennehy is one of those character actors who never really owns a film but always make quite an impression - especially if his part requires a degree of menacing unpleasantness. Well here he delivers that in spades as we follow the life of his enforcer “Arm” (Cosmo Jarvis). He has been instructed to deal with a former family affiliate who has raped one of his “Devers” family. Thing is, though, ...