Extra Ordinary
Rose Dooley (Maeve Higgins) is a sweet and
lonely driving instructor in rural Ireland,
who has a love/hate relationship with her
supernatural abilities. But when washed-up
rock star Christian Winter (Will Forte) puts a
spell on a local teenager – making her levitate
- her terrified father, Martin Martin (Barry
Ward), desperately asks Rose to help save
his daughter.
FIVE FACTS:
- Extra Ordinary is an Irish horror comedy
film written and directed by Mike Ahern and
Enda Loughman. - Other members of the cast include Claudia
O’Doherty, Jamie Beamish, Terri Chandler,
Risteárd Cooper and Emma Coleman. - The film premiered at South by
Southwest in Austin, Texas in March 2019. - Forte’s character, Christian Winter, was
inspired by a raft of celebrities who moved
to Ireland in the ‘80s and ‘90s to avoid tax. - Writing for Variety, Dennis Harvey
described Extra Ordinary as “a kind of tea-
cosy Ghostbusters that’s consistently
funny in a pleasingly off-kilter way.”