Despite having some gripping moments, I felt that it wasn't really worth watching. My friends and I realised there was going to be trouble when we discovered A: set in our home country of Wales and B:it was taken from a book entitled "Sheep". Determined to give it a chance, purely the support of an allegedly Welsh themed film, it was exceedingly disappointing to see it wasn't even filmed in Wales but on the Isle of Man (mainly noticed due to the non Welsh sheep, and diabolical landscape). The idea seemed OK, with Bello having problems with her daughter, and Bean having a better repertoire with her, but it all began to go downhill from there. Bean's performance was as good as it could be with the lack-lustre script, but the most irritating part was Bello's lack of respect for the Welsh Language.
Her pitiful attempts at avoiding pronunciation frustrated many in the cinema audience, as multiple groans of annoyance were heard with every mispronunciation of Ebrill (Ebrillch) or as Bello repeatedly called her Eb-rik, along with a fabulous performance of a character called Dai /Dafydd, a name brutally attacked by Bello as she called him persistently David and most entertainingly, and cringe worthy, in a tension scene "Daaaaave????".
If actors are meant to be in a certain place they should at least fork out of their millions for a couple of lessons from a native speaker. Or find a decent actress. The girl playing Ebrill was amazingly haunting and eerie in her manners and pulled the role off well. As did her American counterpart.
Almost believable sinister and scary moments became offset with the use of colour filters, tangled ending, and the poor attempts at the Welsh (there were literally Ebrill, Annwn, Dai, Dafydd not difficult to learn if you can be bothered) It was just a shame that the ending could have been tidied up (many people became confused by what happened) and more focus on accuracy would have made this film much better.
Her pitiful attempts at avoiding pronunciation frustrated many in the cinema audience, as multiple groans of annoyance were heard with every mispronunciation of Ebrill (Ebrillch) or as Bello repeatedly called her Eb-rik, along with a fabulous performance of a character called Dai /Dafydd, a name brutally attacked by Bello as she called him persistently David and most entertainingly, and cringe worthy, in a tension scene "Daaaaave????".
If actors are meant to be in a certain place they should at least fork out of their millions for a couple of lessons from a native speaker. Or find a decent actress. The girl playing Ebrill was amazingly haunting and eerie in her manners and pulled the role off well. As did her American counterpart.
Almost believable sinister and scary moments became offset with the use of colour filters, tangled ending, and the poor attempts at the Welsh (there were literally Ebrill, Annwn, Dai, Dafydd not difficult to learn if you can be bothered) It was just a shame that the ending could have been tidied up (many people became confused by what happened) and more focus on accuracy would have made this film much better.