Waking Ned

Waking Ned (1998) is a warm Irish comedy directed by Kirk Jones that you can watch online on iFILM. Jackie O'Shea and his best mate Michael live in a village so small that everyone knows whose dog barks at midnight. When a neighbour wins seven million pounds in the national lottery, the pair race to find out who. The winner is Ned Devine. The snag: Ned died of the shock, lottery ticket still in his hand.

Jackie and Michael figure that Ned, had he lived, would have shared the windfall. So they cook up a scheme to impersonate the dead man in front of the lottery inspector — and end up pulling the entire village into the con. Ian Bannen and David Kelly make an endearing pair of loveable rogues whose plan is always one step from disaster. Stream Waking Ned (1998) online on iFILM.