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I liked this film, although it wasn't perfect. It was well done, by an all Irish cast, filmed on location, or close to it, and fairly true to history for a piece of fiction. The brutality and the bitterness of the conflict are done realistically, although the violence is not glorified. Nonetheless, I found parts of the film rather dry, and it was longer than it needed to be. That detracted from my emotional involvement with the characters.

The story is a good one, and the ending left me depressed. If you had relatives that lived through "the troubles" who were reluctant to talk about those times, you might find a degree of understanding in this story. Families that were split by the conflict remain strangers to each other even now. This is a good, accurate film, but not the most enjoyable one.

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Cast: Cillian Murphy, Anthony Martin, Liam Cunningham, Padraic Delaney, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary Riordan, Mary Murphy, Lawrence Barry, Damien Kearney, Frank Bourke, Myles Horgan, Martin Lucey, Aidan O'Hare, Shane Casey, John Crean, Martin de Cogain, Keith Dunphy, Kieran Hegarty, Gerard Kearney, Shane Nott, Kevin O'Brien, Gary McCarthy, Tim O'Mahon, Graham Browne, Owen Buckley, Aidan Fitzpatick, Vince Hannington, Denis Kelleher, Colin McClery, Finbar O'Mahon, John Quinlan, Peggy Lynch, Noel O'Donovan, Peter O'Manhoney, Barry Bourke, Frank O'Sullivan, Diamuíd Ó'Dálaigh, Corina Gough, Roger Allam, Sabrina Barry, William Ruane, Dan O'Riordan, Peg Crowley, Fiona Lawton, Kieran Ahmem, Clare Dineen, Sean McGinley, Tomas Ohealaithe, Nora Lynch, Diamuid Ní Mheachair, Denis Conway, Barry Looney, Connie O'Connail, Aine O'Connor, Frances O'Connor, O'Riada Peadr, Neil Brand, Tom Chamock, Alan Ready, Mark Wakeling, Anthony Byrne, Marcus Anthony, Billie Joe Armstrong, Bill Armstrong, Christopher Brown, Mark Bryce, Alex Dee, Jonny Holmes, Allan Huntley, Bill Hurst, Daniel Kington, Jamie Lomas, Owen McQuade, Richard Oldham, Colin Parry, Scott Peden, Bernie Sweeney, Derek Taylor, Neil Alan Taylor, Gregor Wood, Mary O'Riordan
Director: Ken Loach
Genre: Drama
Release Date: March 16, 2007
MPAA Rating: Unrated
DVD Release Date: September 04, 2007
Runtime: 2hrs 6min
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