It's a bit slow...but I like slow, and the film leads, the two sisters, are excellently acted. The film is quite refreshing in that it explores territory taking place well after the Troubles are over, and some time after the peace accord. At first I didn't really care for the character Lauren, but then as the story begins to unfold and you discover what she has experienced you can understand why her character isn't very likeable to begin with. I only began to realise how interesting and complex this film is once it had finished. The film kept me thinking for a few days afterwards, particularly of the characters surrounding both sisters and their insistence on remembering things their way to suit them and to shield them themselves from the unpalatable truths, and not be considerate of the sisters feelings and what they have gone through. The story may be a bit slow to some watching, but it's an interesting slow reveal, Contrary to what I've read, I feel that there is some reward towards the end. It's not sewn up nice and tight with a happy ribbon to suit the happy clappy audience type. It's a slice of life with it's warts and all. A very enjoyable if sad film. I felt a lot of sympathy for both sisters at the end of the film and thought 'there but for the grace of God go I'.
Plot summary
The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their mother's past but uncovered secrets and resentments which have been buried deep, threaten to overwhelm them.
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November 01, 2021 at 01:31 AM
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A realistic downbeat interesting exploration of an often forgotten side of the fall out still happening many years later from The Troubles
Depressing With No Reward
With all that's out there... I think there's better ways to spend your time. It's a slow downer. The acting is not bad... but just not enough time for character and story building for one to truly understand and to care. The makings are there for a mini series.
A poignant and heartfelt movie about grief and trauma.
Two amazing performances from the female leads are the standout in this sombre often jarring movie. The first character is Lauren, who lives on the Northern Irish border with her husband living a seemingly quiet uneventful life and her traumatised sister Kelly who returns home after being missing for a year. Their troubled, strained reunion brings back the painful memories of their mother who killed herself following her husband's death in a terrorist bomb. Kelly's homecoming and increasingly erratic behaviour cause huge upheaval in Laurens life firstly with her husband, and the men responsible for her father's death to the point that the Wildfire the movie is named for starts to take them over. A poignant and heartfelt movie about grief and trauma and those who struggle to deal with it. 7/10.