Since Burrows appears twice Mullan's height, it seem a physical impossibility. Figgis succeeds in losing the erotic content. Sexual chemisty between Jean and Julie is null, if not dull, leaving a hole the size of Newfoundland in the plot. Only when Maria Doyle Kennedy, as Jean's dutiful fiancee, is around does anything resembling a spark flash. Even when dressed down to look plain, this beautiful Irish actress has a personality that obliterates the likes to Burrows with a glance.
Passion is a living organism.
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