Synopsis
Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbour Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father's plans to sell the family farm to his American nephew, Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams.
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Cast
- Emily BluntRosemary
- Jamie DornanAnthony
- Jon HammAdam
- Christopher WalkenTony Reilly
- Dearbhla MolloyAoife Muldoon
- Danielle RyanMaeve
- Barry McGovernCleary
- Don WycherleyChris Muldoon
- Clare BarrettMary Reilly
- Darragh O'KaneYoung Anthony
Recommendations
- 67
Entertainment Weekly
It almost seems churlish to single out one aspect of the film for unreality, when the whole thing is essentially one Riverdancing leprechaun short of a fairy tale. And when so many dangerous drinking games can be invented to accompany the rise and fall of Christopher Walken’s mystery brogue. - 65
TheWrap
Whether or not the word “whimsy” makes you flinch is probably a fair indicator of whether Wild Mountain Thyme is for you, but if you’re looking for the cinematic equivalent of a hot cup of tea on a blustery day, you might find yourself developing a taste for its particular brand of quirky romance. - 63
The Associated Press
The writing is wry and occasionally quite funny. It’s not unsurprising that it made for a good play. But on film it moves at a languorous pace. Like its characters, it’s not interested in getting anywhere anytime soon. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Wild Mountain Thyme comes close to winning our hearts based on the performances and the lush County Mayo scenery and the sheer romanticism of it all, but writer-director Shanley keeps us at arm’s distance in the climactic sequences, when we should be swept up in the story of Rosemary and Anthony but we’re left exasperated at the forced eccentricity of it all. - 42
IndieWire
Shanley, whose script for “Moonstruck” suggests that he once had a slightly tighter handle on this sort of thing, brings his play “Outside Mullingar” to the screen like he’s trying to fill every close-up with enough whimsical enchantment to reach the back row of a Broadway theater. The lethal intensity of this effect cannot be overstated; the only logical explanation for what happened here is that someone planted a bomb in Shanley’s editing bay and timed it to explode if any cut of Wild Mountain Thyme dipped below 50 kilohertz of cartoon Irish charm per minute. - 42
The A.V. Club
Take away the gorgeous setting, however, and you’re left with a romantic comedy that’s never romantic and only occasionally funny. - 40
The Guardian
It’s a visually verdant but emotionally flat film whose confusing friction between two miscast leads frustrates rather than engrosses. - 38
Slant Magazine
Jamie Dornan is a stiff whom Jon Hamm immediately upstages, and this dynamic underscores why the film is so tedious and unsatisfying.
