I think, perhaps, you have to be in a certain mood to watch and appreciate this film properly. Patient, but alert and attentive to catch the subtleties of the slow-burn plot.
Oh...I should mention it is very Irish. If you don't know what that means, well... watch the film and you'll get a glimmer.
The acting and scenery are marvelous, as others have noted. The plot as a metaphor for the Irish Civil War and so on.
The strange sudden "unfriending" and the bizarre twists and turns it takes as a commentary on human nature and isolation amid a tedious present and an uncertain future.
There's no hand-holding and you have to read between the lines to understand it well. The humor is dry, dark and subtle, sprinkled in by small doses.
I suppose I must have been in the right mood to appreciate it, and largely absent expectations (other than that there would be good acting, which was so).
People expecting more of a comedy will be disappointed, I think, as will those expecting a light-hearted or uplifting conclusion.
Still, I thought it was quite interesting, and certainly different.
Oh...I should mention it is very Irish. If you don't know what that means, well... watch the film and you'll get a glimmer.
The acting and scenery are marvelous, as others have noted. The plot as a metaphor for the Irish Civil War and so on.
The strange sudden "unfriending" and the bizarre twists and turns it takes as a commentary on human nature and isolation amid a tedious present and an uncertain future.
There's no hand-holding and you have to read between the lines to understand it well. The humor is dry, dark and subtle, sprinkled in by small doses.
I suppose I must have been in the right mood to appreciate it, and largely absent expectations (other than that there would be good acting, which was so).
People expecting more of a comedy will be disappointed, I think, as will those expecting a light-hearted or uplifting conclusion.
Still, I thought it was quite interesting, and certainly different.