The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Andres Gomez

8.0

September 27, 2013

Intense drama about Ireland's independence from the UK and the ultimate reasons for the need of freedom.

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6.0

September 03, 2022

After watching The Wind That Shakes the Barley, I'm tempted to say that Hollywood ruined Cillian Murphy, but the fact is that this drama written by Paul Laverty and directed by Ken Loach doesn’t really establish, for better or worse, a before and after in the career of the Irish actor; it's more a case of a blind squirrel finding a nut — ...

CinemaSerf

6.0

March 25, 2023

Though quite provocative, I was really disappointed with the anti-British simplicity of this drama. It all centres around two brothers - "Teddy" (Pádraic Delaney) and "Damien" (Cillian Murphy) and the increasingly desperate - and violent - tactics they employed to eject the occupiers from their country. The latter man is not an instant co...