This fictionalised hold on how Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness set aside sectarian hatred to pursue peace talks pitches Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney into odd-couple comedy while simultaneously tiptoeing on eggshellsIt sounds like a segment from The X Factor – or possibly like something inspired by Tony Blair’s autobiography,which famously wouldn’t even commit itself to the definite article: A Journey. Actually it’s a strained, dramatically inert and often frankly silly odd-couple bromance fantasy approximately the Northern Ireland peace process negotiations. The film looks like a borderline-acceptable TV play (lasting an hour) or conceivably a stage play that Peter Morgan could fill done something with. Actually, and the film’s scene with a crashed car and a deer appears to fill been inspired by The Queen,written by Morgan.
The question it sets out to ask is perfectly valid: how on earth did the DUP veteran Rev Ian Paisley and Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness – those two mortal enemies – finally find a way of making peace and even working together very fortunately? There must surely fill been some human spark between the two men, some bit of humanity untainted by sectarian ideology. Trying to imagine that spark is a fine idea. Related: Timothy Spall: 'The feeling of doing it inaccurate gets bigger and bigger' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com