VoR
Take it or leave it
Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical coming of age film about growing up in Northern Ireland during the troubles.
It's already getting a lot of blowback from Twitter film snobs for being the Oscar frontrunner that's the most obviously middlebrow and sentimental, but fuck'em, I loved it.
Yes it takes a very... broad view of the Irish troubles, and yes it's very twee in places, and yes SIX Van Morrison music stings was possibly a touch overkill. But that's clearly exactly what it's going for - who the fuck goes to a Kenneth Branagh movie for subtlety?
Great cast, loads of heart and soul, it made me laugh and cry, and it was NINETY SIX BLESSED MINUTES LONG.
I kinda hope it wins everything and pisses everybody off in the process.
It's already getting a lot of blowback from Twitter film snobs for being the Oscar frontrunner that's the most obviously middlebrow and sentimental, but fuck'em, I loved it.
Yes it takes a very... broad view of the Irish troubles, and yes it's very twee in places, and yes SIX Van Morrison music stings was possibly a touch overkill. But that's clearly exactly what it's going for - who the fuck goes to a Kenneth Branagh movie for subtlety?
Great cast, loads of heart and soul, it made me laugh and cry, and it was NINETY SIX BLESSED MINUTES LONG.
I kinda hope it wins everything and pisses everybody off in the process.