Review of Route Irish (2011) by Gemma L — 05 Nov 2011
Very good film. Mark Womack turns in a stunning performance, and John Bishop is very good too, although he's only in it intermittently. Ken loach does his usual gritty left wing dissection of life and the human condition, and there's absolutely nothing wrong in that at all.
It's not always easy viewing, though. A water boarding sequence in particular is visually and emotionally intense and tough going. However, Loach invests enough flesh on the bones of his characters to justify it's existence in the film and that's the best thing about this and most of his other works.
At the heart of them all, you care for and can sympathise with the characters, the predicaments that they find themselves in, and the extremes to which they're driven in order to achieve resolution.
This review of Route Irish (2011) was written by Gemma L on 05 Nov 2011.
Route Irish has generally received mixed reviews.
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