Aidan O'Hare, Cillian Murphy, Fergus Burke
Ireland 1919: workers from field and country unite to form volunteer guerrilla armies to face the ruthless 'Black and Tan' squads that are being shipped from Britain to block Ireland's bid for indepen...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 4, 2007
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July 30, 2009"I tried not to get into this war, and did, now I try to get out, and can't."
A sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th century Ireland, and two brothers who are torn apart by anti-Brit rebellion.
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January 24, 2009Kinda long, but very good. I wish I would've watched it when I wasn't so tired, but it was still good :)
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November 19, 2008Not a pleasant movie by any means. Almost constant shouting and conflict, and all seemingly for nothing. A brutal account of rural Irish life around the time of Ireland's independence.
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November 14, 2008'tis alright. it's no michael collins. it kinda shows you in more depth where the irish went wrong and started fighting amongst themselves. you feel sorry for them up until that point. last thing i seen cillian murphy in was batman begins as the scarecrow. he's caught my attentio...( read more)
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September 14, 2008I know this film is supposed to be great, but I just couldn't get excited about it
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November 19, 2009Ken Loach's "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (2007) is a fantastic, well-wrought drama about two brothers who join the fight for the Irish Republican Army only to come at odds with each other when the British sign a pathetic excuse for a treaty, integrating the Irish into the Br...( read more)
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November 17, 2009Saw this in Ireland and it was like the best movie to see there. Cillian Murphy is unbelievable in this. It's a perfect example of a time when every aspect of a film is perfect from set to cinematography. The story is so well done that it doesn't even feel like a war movie. The l...( read more)
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November 4, 2009this is a very poignant tale about a group of freedom fighters that go up against the British occupiers, the story is very powerful and poignant, it could make you cry, really.,
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October 30, 2009Crisp direction from veteran Ken Loach gives this dark slice of Irish history a vivid sense of what it was like for both sides, the British and the Irish republicans. Surely Cillian Murphy is now the finest Irish actor working today. His performance here is both honest and compel...( read more)
Critic Reviews
August 4, 2007
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
April 27, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Raises hard questions about Ireland's uncanny ability to kneecap itself. full review
April 20, 2007
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
You'll be heartbroken in the course of the film's two hours. full review
March 18, 2007
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
At 124 minutes, the heartfelt drama comes across as pedantic and tedious. Cillian Murpy, fortunately, is such a fine actor, that by the end, his presence accomplishes Loach's mission. He makes the fil... full review
March 16, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The acting is solid all around -- so convincing that the rough Irish accents are appropriately indecipherable at times, and the story itself is as tragic and complicated as that moment in history. full review
March 16, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
... the history presented in "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" hardly feels like a closed book or a museum display. It is as alive and as troubling as anything on the evening news, though far more tho...
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January 27, 2008I absolutely love this movie. Cillian's performance was discustingly wonderful! bahaha i cried when he died. =(
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March 7, 2007The Black and tans: the british government sent ex-squaddies across to Ireland to help the RIC in their work. Many black and tans units terrorised Irish communities - This film is about this very subject and Ireland striving for independence. . Im a strong believer in violence breeds voilence and I think so is this film. * Peace
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December 28, 2006if you are the type of person who thinks that the british occupation of Ireland wasn't to bad watch this film. It is produced by an English company (they are hardly going to make the occupation any worse are they?)
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December 7, 2006this is my favoirite movie EVER its the best movie in the world and screw anybody who does'nt like it
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October 20, 2006Amazing film!!!I loved it. It annoys me the way people go on about how anti-british it is when it's not. It's simply portraying the facts about how the irish were treated by the administration at that time, that doesn't mean it's anti the british people. I think it got such a bad reaction in Britain because british kids are'nt taught that part of their history in school which is a shame really. The film made me really proud to be irish!!
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