I was clooking forward to this. Filmed on the Kerry roads as it was and with two shining stars at the helm. Olicia Colman and Charlie Reid..
The unevenness of it all was striking. It made an effort at being deep and meaningful but failed miserably on both of those premises.
The "humour" was weak and in one weak scene was creepy and offensive when this young boy criticizes the shape of Olivia's breasts.
I could never quite believe the maternal connection (over a lipstick, what?)
The script was massively uneven and I knew where it all was going and prayed for better to save itself. But no. The foreshadowing was like two by fours to the back of the head. I actually groaned when I saw the boy in the water.
The ending was forced and a complete trope of the Hollywood bad man of yore with no redeeming feature. And an embrace was jarring and completely unbelievable.
An awful waste of incredible talent on a limp biscuit of a script.
And PS why was there never a backward glance at the sister he abandoned or was she just a contrivance to show the lad who showed Olivia how to breastfeed on that obviously prosthetic breast?
The speed of tying up all this unbelievable mess took my breath away, Joyride indeed.
2/10 for the scenery. Avoid.
The "humour" was weak and in one weak scene was creepy and offensive when this young boy criticizes the shape of Olivia's breasts.
I could never quite believe the maternal connection (over a lipstick, what?)
The script was massively uneven and I knew where it all was going and prayed for better to save itself. But no. The foreshadowing was like two by fours to the back of the head. I actually groaned when I saw the boy in the water.
The ending was forced and a complete trope of the Hollywood bad man of yore with no redeeming feature. And an embrace was jarring and completely unbelievable.
An awful waste of incredible talent on a limp biscuit of a script.
And PS why was there never a backward glance at the sister he abandoned or was she just a contrivance to show the lad who showed Olivia how to breastfeed on that obviously prosthetic breast?
The speed of tying up all this unbelievable mess took my breath away, Joyride indeed.
2/10 for the scenery. Avoid.
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