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The Van

“A comedy about friends, family and fish.”

1996 · 1 h 40 min
Directed by Stephen Frears
ComedyDrama

Cast

Cast not recorded here

Plot

A laid-off Dublin man buys a chip van with his redundancy pay and starts a business with his friend.

Sinekatalog’s take

Stephen Frears's comedy, from Roddy Doyle's novel, is warm and funny, the third of the Barrytown trilogy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (5,154 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.