I'm told the book is better than the film, but save for the odd moment this is a rather bleak movie and a fairly damning indictment of the narrow Irish nationalism of DeValera's Catholic theocracy of the 1930s and 40s, the legacy of which still haunts us today.
I got the feeling that both Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle, though good, weren't particularly stretched in their roles though the performances from the youngsters were superb.
Several questions were left unanswered though perhaps we are to supply our own answers - what happened to the father? Why did mrs Finucane die? What is the significance of the title, save that Emily Watson is forever poking fires.
Worth a look, but don't go out of your way for it.
I got the feeling that both Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle, though good, weren't particularly stretched in their roles though the performances from the youngsters were superb.
Several questions were left unanswered though perhaps we are to supply our own answers - what happened to the father? Why did mrs Finucane die? What is the significance of the title, save that Emily Watson is forever poking fires.
Worth a look, but don't go out of your way for it.