Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Wild Mountain Thyme
Based on a Broadway play, this is a romantic tale of two lonely farmers set in beautiful rural Ireland. They are Rosemary Muldoon (Emily Blunt) & Anthony Reilly (Jamie Dornan), star crossed lovers & neighbors. She has had a crush on him since she was 10. He is awkwardly shy. When Anthony’s father (Christopher Walken) decides to sell is farm to his American nephew Adam (Jon Hamm), everything gets more complicated. The cast is excellent. The Irish countryside is gorgeous. The lyrical dialogue with its Irish accents is quaint & charming reflecting old country ways & values. This doesn’t play like your typical American rom/com. It is just too frustrating watching these two beating around the bush.
Alien gives it 2½ “crows, 2 gates, Swan Lake, & honey bee” stars out of 4.
