curiouslurker

Emily Blunt is far too talented for such a cringey movie, and it's hard to believe that an actual Irish person such as Jamie Dornan would participate in this film. These accents were terrible. I question whether Christopher Walken was even attempting an accent for 90% of his screen time. Accents aside, this movie perhaps tried to be quirky but was more 'WTF' than anything else. Give it a go if you like really cheesy, only occasionally entertaining rom-coms filled to the brim with bad Irish stereotypes.

I liked a lot about this movie, especially the cast, but I spent most of the movie hating one of the main characters and that character's family, so that really took the enjoyment out of it for me. The acting was great, but I found those specific characters so unlikable that it was an uneven result for me.

The acting was great, especially Regina King. She deserves every award she is nominated for in this pic. I heard so much about this film at TIFF and I was so looking forward to seeing it, but I didn't get around to it until December. The direction and pacing were almost too deliberate, to the point of distraction, and at times the camera work left me feeling motion sick. What it comes down to, though, is the ending. It felt unfinished and I walked away from the film feeling like the story hadn't been told. Too bad, really, because it was starting to look like a beautiful, if tragic, film.