One of the best

Rating: 10/10 (8 August 2006)

This film is one of the most beautifully filmed and horrifically accurate ones about Irish history I have ever viewed. Having taught Irish history and coming from a background where my father LIVED those moments in nearby Kerry, I can say that the portrayal of the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries is accurate and the pain (on both sides) of the civil war is real. One movie cannot depict in detail the brutal reality of this period but this one certainly comes the closest I've ever seen. The cinematography is brilliant and adds as much to the story as the sparse dialogue. If you are from an Irish background but unfamiliar with your history, you will be moved by this film to research this period in greater detail. How many movies make you want to do that?