I still bitterly resent all £2.50 I spent on seeing this movie. My
sister loved it, but then she also loves Westlife. There's no
accounting for taste. Kidman and Cruise play Oirish peasants whose
accents and manners are an insult to the hundreds of thousands of Irish
immigrants who made a life in America the hard way. With no soundtrack.
Or air-conditioned trailers. No matter how many times Cruise gets
thumped in the boxing sequences, he still looks fine. Which is a shame.
See: I Could Read The Sky. Don't see: Far And Away; Angela's Ashes.
