The Quiet Man may the best of the many collaborations between John Wayne and John Ford. It's a simple and idealistic depiction of Ireland of the 1920s, all green fields and memorable characters, rather than the actual grittiness and poverty of the country during those hard years. But that's its charm - a simple movie with a simple premise: an American returns to Ireland, buys the cottage he was born in, and marries the fiery redhead lass who pines for him. Wayne plays Sean Thornton, a retired boxer (which he keeps a secret) who killed a man in the ring. That tragic event haunts Sean and is what spurred his return to Ireland, to try to forget that fateful fight. His nemesis is "Red" Will Danaher (an Oscar-nominated performance by Victor McLaglen). Danaher is a bully who fancies himself a gentleman landowner who refers to himself as "Squire" Danaher. He is also the older brother of Mary Kate Danaher, who Sean fell in love with at first sight. Thornton and the Squire have an epic fight that leaves both men admiring the other. It's predictable, but beautiful. It ends as all faerie tales - the hero gets the girl and everyone lives happily ever after.
Reviews
14 Reviews
The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
The best movie of the year...
15 June 2022
...and not one actor from the film received an Oscar Nomination. Ralph Fiennes was cheated out of a nomination for best actor. Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) received nominations, but not Ralph Fiennes? Travesty!
The Chestnut Man
(2021– )
Netflix, renew for season 2
17 December 2021
This is a pretty good show, good enough to warrant a Season 2. It's better than most of the similar crime dramas on Netflix, so do yourself a favor and renew it. Also, feature it more - I had to stumble on it by accident.
Unwatchable, Unbearable
1 October 2021
Netflix will put any content on its site...
12 May 2021
Fluff...
9 March 2021
Knock Knock
(I) (2015)
Bad. Like a "I just stepped in dog poop" kind of bad
22 April 2020
Fact:
1. Eli Roth is a really crappy director;
2. The less Keanu Reaves speaks in a movie, the better it likely will be;
3. It would have been near impossible to make the two female characters more annoying;
4. Someone owes me the last 100 minutes of my life back and I want it now!
No, no, no, no!
24 June 2019
Writers, you do not get to end "Luther" with this sloppy week writing! No one was written to character, except perhaps Benny. That wasn't John Luther and Alice Morgan - it was an abomination. Shame on you for capping a wonderful series with such slop.
Hanna
(2011)
Much better than the new TV series "Hanna"
5 February 2019
I just watched the first episode of the Amazon streaming series based on this movie. It doesn't come close to the quality of the movie. Despite a slightly-above-average user score, I thought the film was quite good. I was hoping for a sequel.
The Sentence
(2018)
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time...
26 October 2018
So if her family wasn't so nice (as portrayed by a documentary made by a member of said family) then viewers shouldn't care? That's essentially what most of the reviews are asserting. Also, anyone who says being a part of a drug ring is a nonviolent crime is naive. Drug users commit crimes, often violent in nature, to feed their habits. And pick up a newspaper from any larger city and you'll read about violence associated with the sale of narcotics.
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