Wild Mountain Thyme

I really enjoyed this. Maybe it was good timing. Unique dialogue that leaves you following closely. Antoni may have been the main character but Rosemary is our protagonist and she is wonderful. A great love story with great supporting characters.

The movie is OK and rather beautiful, but that final confrontation between the romantic leads is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. And not even good weird or cute weird, just really really weird and unbelievable.

Some people may not entirely have the same conversation or think of what the movie will end up discussing when I say that summary line. I wouldn't even want to start explaining it. It is one of the weirdest things put on film ... I'd argue in a good sense.

What I can say, Emily Blunt is quite the stunning person ... anyone should be happy to have her as his (or her for that matter) neighbor ... that being said, Jamie Dorman is playing it as straight/shy as he can. Add to that the playboy Jon Hamm (I'd like to see him do the Dorman part for a change, but that's a different story - literally) ... and you have quite the love triangle ... also a genius like Walken always helps ... no matter how bad tempered and evil intent he may be ... so great acting with an interesting love story to say the least ...

There is an old Irish song "Will Ye Go Lassie Go" and within the lyrics is the phrase "The wild mountain thyme Grows around the bloomin' heather." That is the derivation of the title of the movie. It is set and filmed in rural Ireland and the scenery is beautiful.

It is a story about Rosemary and Anthony, we see them first as children of two different families living and working on adjacent farms. As we eventually see them as adults, they are played by Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan. We learn that Rosemary has had a lifelong desire to be with Anthony but he has a series interpersonal issue, he has a low self-esteem and seems almost incapable of overcoming it. But Rosemary is very persistent and headstrong.

Now that the old parents of each of them are expiring they need to figure out what to do with the farms, and whether their lifelong friendship might turn into a marriage.

The movie is filled with Irish humor and the characters are all interesting. My wife and I found the movie to be better and more entertaining than its IMDb rating might suggest. At home on DVD from our public library.

I don't get the bad reviews. This movie is one of very few movies that made me laugh and chuckle out loud. It's not your typical rom-com movie, it's quirky, and strange in an adorable way. Although at first I thought this movie could have used younger actors, Blunt and Dornan made it work. The Irish scenery is just spectacular, it's in my bucket list of places to see. Just don't overthink this movie, just enjoy the silliness and quirkiness of the ride. You might want to have closed caption on though (I do with all British movies, or those with Irish, Scottish accents). It's a feel good movie, nuff said. We could all use some these days.