Truly awesome

Rating: 10/10 (26 November 1998)

The Academy stuffed it again. Here we have a brilliant film: great acting (Daniel Day-Lewis at his best, but Pete Postlethwaite matching him every step) and Jim Sheridan's directing, and a great script. Why it missed out on everything is beyond me. Having said that, it IS a fantastic movie. I know that anything anti-English (eg Braveheart) does very well in popularity, but this is just as good, if not better. I don't know the history of it all, or if the film takes any liberties, but that never stopped other films from being so good. If you haven't seen it, do so. Now.