Yawn...

Rating: 1/10 (10 December 2006)

In short, I fell asleep while watching this film. If you have an intricate knowledge of the Irish troubles and all the political goings-on of that time, I'm sure this film will be fascinating for you.
The problem is that Ken Loach assumes that everyone watching has such a knowledge, and as a result its very difficult to get without such extensive knowledge.
I do like Cillian Murphy and thought he was pretty good in this, but its a film that expects too much of its audience, and consequently blocks a lot of them from enjoying the film. Like I said, without a significant knowledge of that period, avoid and save your time and money.