Very Natural

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2006)

excellent portrayal of the way things were in the 1920's in Ireland. The British army killed Irish people, the Irish people fought back and killed British, why so sensitive? it happened, historical fact! Why debate it when know what happened?Apart from a few lines of dialogue that were dodgy and seemed to be left in on purpose, the acting was excellent, very natural. Probably the best portrayal of a hurling match on film ever too! I thought the detailed letter to Murphy's love interest was unnecessary, before this his love interest was suttle and this made it just slightly cheesy. One of my favourite things was the beautiful cinematography of the Irish landscape, it gave a real impression of how the warfare was encombed into every strand of Irish society at the time.