A simply stunning film has left me an emotional wreck!

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2006)

I'm not a writer or even a film critic. Half the things that I read in the other comments passed me by when I saw this film for the 1st time tonight.
I'm an Irishman living in London. The troubles in Ireland have in no way touched my life to any personal degree, nor do I hold or promote any anti-English sentiment.
Yet, this film took me on an emotional roller-coaster. I found it truly gripping and the personal tragedy that it showed left me numb and in tears. The scene where they take Chris, who is the head off the Gooch by the way, out into a field to be shot had me in tears. And the tears are still in my eyes, 2 hours later.
At the end of the film, I am no more pro-IRA or anti-British as I was in the 1st place. But I urge everyone to go see this film for the simple fact that if you can't accept and confront mistakes that were made in the past then how can we accept those we make now and prevent the mistakes of the future.