Irish film director and screenwriter, known for The Crying Game (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay) and for directing Interview with the Vampire and Byzantium.

Won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Crying Game (1993). Directed Interview with the Vampire (1994) and Byzantium (2012).

Three DeBaser reviews examine Neil Jordan's films and find recurring issues: uneven tone, weaknesses in storytelling, and style sometimes outweighing substance. The Crying Game is criticized for a self-satisfied modernity; Interview with the Vampire for style over engagement; Byzantium for a weak story and underdeveloped dynamics.

For:film fans, critics, and viewers interested in vampire cinema and Irish directors.

 The Crying Game plays at surprising the viewer and making them feel guilty if they don’t applaud.

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 Byzantium is a film that does not work and fails to develop in a convincing manner, and perhaps the biggest misstep of this great director.

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 His film is a strange and quirky reflection on immortality which doesn’t fit well in two hours where nothing happens but smiles and giggles while drinking the blood of some unfortunate prostitute.

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