Saipan review: The likeability of Éanna Hardwicke’s Roy Keane makes the big meltdown all the more shocking

Saipan      Director: 15A Starring: 1 hr 30 mins A tricky prospect, this. In the months since its premiere, at Toronto International Film Festival, Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn’s take on the most infamous falling-out in Irish sporting history has caused a few overseas heads to be scratched. “Imagine if Michael Jordan or LeBron James decided not to play for Team USA,” Gregory Ellwood ventured in the Playlist. [ Saipan the movie: Roy Keane-Mick McCarthy flashbacks too much for this traumatised fanOpens in new window ] He was not the only critic rushing to Wikipedia. Are there really the makings of a film in what, to the rest of the world, seems just a little local...