Rose has grown up with guilt over the loss of her father, though she presents a confident face a good deal of the time Martin (the man she fancies) will go through anything to protect his daughter, but not sure if he can bear to be without his dead wife and Christian Winter is just deliciously nasty. Instead, we have some down-to-Earth and (dare I say it again?) lovely people, all with personalities I can believe in. Although Extra Ordinary is absolutely riddled with ghosts, ectoplasm and a demon (yes, Rose’s and Christian Winter’s talents are real, not deluded in this story), there is virtually no religion and minimal Irish stereotypes. In my – granted limited – experience, Irish horror films tend to have too much religion or twee forest-related superstition. But the cheese thing made it pretty clear from the start that nothing was to be taken seriously, and the whole thing is just for fun. Most of the humor is pretty gentle humble people nudging each other towards fun, ghosts haunting recycling bins, light verbal misunderstandings.
That might not sound too lovely, but trust me, it is.Įxtra Ordinary had me laughing within the first few minutes, believe it or not, with a joke about haunted cheese. Then one day, she decides to brush off her skills for the first time in years, because the daughter of a man she fancies (Barry Ward) is being held for a satanic sacrifice by aged rock star Christian Winter (Will Forte) in order that he can make a musical come-back. However, the associated risks have put her off for some years, and so now she makes her living as a driving instructor. Extra Ordinary is about Rose (Maeve Higgins), a woman with the talent of being able to hear and communicate with ghosts.
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