An incredibly boring film!!!!!!!**Contains Spoilers***

Rating: 1/10 (12 April 2007)

I was really interested in seeing this film, I like historic period films. From the first amateurish scene where the Black and Tans beat to death the young fellow, I knew that this film was doomed. The actors were like very bad summer stock actors. To hear people praising the acting in this makes me wonder if people saw the same film I did, I thought it was generally horrible. That's really too bad considering the very intriguing subject matter. A much better film along the same lines is Michael Collins.
Just because a film has an important subject to discuss or something that is dear to our hearts, does not make it a good film. I think a lot of people had so much invested in this film, that they overlooked it's many flaws. The action scenes looked like they were done by a high school acting class and not a good one!!!The fact it won at Cannes is a mystery to say the least and definitely makes one consider their judgment.
It could've been a great movie but alas I couldn't wait for it to end, it was mind numbingly boring!!!