Snakes and Ladders (1996 film)

Jean (Pom Boyd) and Kate (Gina Moxley) are two "nearing-thirty" best friends, who share a flat in contemporary Dublin and support themselves by working as street performers in the city.

The unsettled Jean has a major attitude problem, and while she rejects the older generation as represented by her interfering mother Nora (Rosaleen Linehan), she is also unable to fully embrace the alternative lifestyle of her boyfriend musician, Martin (Sean Hughes), her partner Kate and their gay friend Orla (Cathy White).

Impulsively accepting a marriage proposal from Martin, she soon panics at the prospect of the wedding and sets in motion a chaotic series of events which affect all the characters' lives.

(There's also an amusing cameo appearance by Joe Dolan, singing Make Me an Island and You're Such a Good Looking Woman to the delight of members of The Dead Husbands Club).

"[3][4] Variety magazine described the film thus: "a minor, harmless picture that lacks fresh angles or vigorous motivations to tell its tale (which also) suffers from an overinsistent determination to entertain and gratify its viewers at all costs.