My Review - Wild Mountain Thyme
My Rating 7/10
Its probably my Irish Heritage way back that resonated with me and made Wild Mountain Thyme such an enjoyable movie experience. Mind you my scepticism and doubt crept in with the sugar saccharine beginning I thought oh no a Dead person is narrating a movie that looks more like "Babe "than an Adult love story. I was wrong once the kitchen scene with Christopher Walken as Tony Reilly the crusty old father of Anthony Reilly played so well by Jamie Dornan who has an Irish feyness and charm that only an Irishman could project . This scene set the plot line and I was interested and entertained. Then an actress I really enjoy Emily Blunt as Rosemary a young Irish woman living on the farm next door to Anthony with her Mother beautifully played by veteran Iris actress Dearbhla Molloy enter the story and I thought this is going to be a really sweet film . The plot is simple based on a play "Outside Mullingar" by John Patrick Shanley who also Directed and wrote the screenplay. He also wrote my favourite romance movie "Moonstruck." in 1987 winning an Oscar for that movie as well as the dramatic "Doubt " starring Meryl Streep in 2008 which won him another Oscar nomination.
Wild Mountain Thyme of course looks beautiful filming began in Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland on September 30, 2019. It continued in Ballina, County Mayo and lasted over five weeks Mount Nephin was prominently displayed in the movie, on the Muldoon Family farm where the beautiful but headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon (Emily Blunt) has her heart set on winning her neighbor Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is Anthony (Jamie Dornan) seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father Tony's (Christopher Walken) plans to sell the family farm to his American nephew (Jon Hamm), Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams in this amusing moving and wildly romantic tale with a dusting of Irish magic I'm sure I saw a leprechaun. The movie is as Irish as The Blarney Stone and full of charm and humour ,no message ,no violence ,no sex but a lot of charm ,romance and humour. The two leads are perfectly matched Jamie Dornan gets the best scenes he really expands his range in this film. Such a change from his dramatic role in The Fall or his Fifty Shades franchise as Christian Grey this role couldn't be more different. Emily Blunt is delightful as Rosemary together they have great Screen chemistry. Jon Hamm as Adam the American nephew is ok in his role it's not a challenging part but he's handsome and adds some spice to the story. Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan both get a chance to sing the beautiful Irish folk song Wild Mountain Thyme that the film gets its title from and both sing it beautifully. O the summer time has come And the trees are sweetly blooming And wild mountain thyme Grows around the purple heather. Will you go, lassie, go? I hope this film does well it's estimated budgeted production cost was $USD 5.5 Million and its had some negative revues but mine is not one of them.
Its probably my Irish Heritage way back that resonated with me and made Wild Mountain Thyme such an enjoyable movie experience. Mind you my scepticism and doubt crept in with the sugar saccharine beginning I thought oh no a Dead person is narrating a movie that looks more like "Babe "than an Adult love story. I was wrong once the kitchen scene with Christopher Walken as Tony Reilly the crusty old father of Anthony Reilly played so well by Jamie Dornan who has an Irish feyness and charm that only an Irishman could project . This scene set the plot line and I was interested and entertained. Then an actress I really enjoy Emily Blunt as Rosemary a young Irish woman living on the farm next door to Anthony with her Mother beautifully played by veteran Iris actress Dearbhla Molloy enter the story and I thought this is going to be a really sweet film . The plot is simple based on a play "Outside Mullingar" by John Patrick Shanley who also Directed and wrote the screenplay. He also wrote my favourite romance movie "Moonstruck." in 1987 winning an Oscar for that movie as well as the dramatic "Doubt " starring Meryl Streep in 2008 which won him another Oscar nomination.
Wild Mountain Thyme of course looks beautiful filming began in Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland on September 30, 2019. It continued in Ballina, County Mayo and lasted over five weeks Mount Nephin was prominently displayed in the movie, on the Muldoon Family farm where the beautiful but headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon (Emily Blunt) has her heart set on winning her neighbor Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is Anthony (Jamie Dornan) seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father Tony's (Christopher Walken) plans to sell the family farm to his American nephew (Jon Hamm), Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams in this amusing moving and wildly romantic tale with a dusting of Irish magic I'm sure I saw a leprechaun. The movie is as Irish as The Blarney Stone and full of charm and humour ,no message ,no violence ,no sex but a lot of charm ,romance and humour. The two leads are perfectly matched Jamie Dornan gets the best scenes he really expands his range in this film. Such a change from his dramatic role in The Fall or his Fifty Shades franchise as Christian Grey this role couldn't be more different. Emily Blunt is delightful as Rosemary together they have great Screen chemistry. Jon Hamm as Adam the American nephew is ok in his role it's not a challenging part but he's handsome and adds some spice to the story. Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan both get a chance to sing the beautiful Irish folk song Wild Mountain Thyme that the film gets its title from and both sing it beautifully. O the summer time has come And the trees are sweetly blooming And wild mountain thyme Grows around the purple heather. Will you go, lassie, go? I hope this film does well it's estimated budgeted production cost was $USD 5.5 Million and its had some negative revues but mine is not one of them.