Even though this film is considered quite bad it is still overrated... Perhaps this is because many film fans cannot comprehend that a director of Francis Ford Coppola's stature could produce such a rubbish film. No doubt if this film was made by an unknown person people would see it for what it truly is... a poor attempt to imitate Hithcock type suspense.
Set in Ireland, the film stays true to all the American stereotypical images of the country. So much so in fact that you half expect a Leprechaun to rush across the screen at any moment looking for a crock of gold. The doomed upper-class family all have distinct American/ English accents while the "normal" Irish have a country brogue and are portrayed as being rather dimwitted peasants... Apparently the O'Halloran clan went to school in America and then returned to Ireland, presumably because in the mind of Francis Ford Coppola, Ireland has no colleges or schools but just thatched cottages, bogs and castles inhabited by Anglo-Americans...
The story line is predictable, tedious, and unrealistic. Most people who watch it can immediately point out the killer the first time the character appears on screen and therefore for the remainder of the film they are simply left waiting for the inevitable unveiling. I have tried to watch this film in full on two occasions, but each time i have fallen into a deep sleep. My advice would be to avoid this film and take a look at another film also made by this director...its a relatively obscure film called the Godfather...it quite good.... This however is bile...
Set in Ireland, the film stays true to all the American stereotypical images of the country. So much so in fact that you half expect a Leprechaun to rush across the screen at any moment looking for a crock of gold. The doomed upper-class family all have distinct American/ English accents while the "normal" Irish have a country brogue and are portrayed as being rather dimwitted peasants... Apparently the O'Halloran clan went to school in America and then returned to Ireland, presumably because in the mind of Francis Ford Coppola, Ireland has no colleges or schools but just thatched cottages, bogs and castles inhabited by Anglo-Americans...
The story line is predictable, tedious, and unrealistic. Most people who watch it can immediately point out the killer the first time the character appears on screen and therefore for the remainder of the film they are simply left waiting for the inevitable unveiling. I have tried to watch this film in full on two occasions, but each time i have fallen into a deep sleep. My advice would be to avoid this film and take a look at another film also made by this director...its a relatively obscure film called the Godfather...it quite good.... This however is bile...