Review of The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) by Joe Morgenstern for Wall Street Journal — 28 May 2016
That title would suit a melodrama with an emphasis on doomed love, which is not what Loach has crafted. There is a (chaste) love story and plenty of bloodletting. But what engages him and his screenwriter, Paul Laverty, is the growing tension between brother Irish rebels.
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This review of The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) was written by Joe Morgenstern and published by Wall Street Journal on 28 May 2016.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley has generally received very positive reviews.
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