The synopsis of the movie is very misleading. Haven't yet figured out why the title is what it is. If it wasn't for the expectation of the title and the synopsis, I would not have been looking for something different than what it came out to be.
The initial feeling is that a dying boy sets out in search of God looking to be saved. So I kept waiting for that to happen and when the credits rolled I sat there stunned.
But the story line is quite different. It just highlights life and its many twists and turns and symbolism and there are quiet miracles to be interpreted and we have to look deep to find them. Not an in your face miracle or happy ending but subtle.
Plus I am not a fan of Ireland scenery with its gloomy backdrop and colorless canvases. So that sets the stage. For me anyways. And IRA stories went out with the '90's. Old hat.
While I give kudos to the direction and acting I was disappointed because of the synopsis and my own expectations. I see where others have said it stays with you; but it stayed with me because when a dying boy needs a miracle, where is god? In other people that the boy was directed to in order to touch two lives where one dies anyways in the end (criminal) and the other boy who treated the dying boy despicably throughout the movie hopefully lives a better life??? Real life stuff not exactly what you want to escape to from the routine drudgery of everyday for 1/5hrs.
The initial feeling is that a dying boy sets out in search of God looking to be saved. So I kept waiting for that to happen and when the credits rolled I sat there stunned.
But the story line is quite different. It just highlights life and its many twists and turns and symbolism and there are quiet miracles to be interpreted and we have to look deep to find them. Not an in your face miracle or happy ending but subtle.
Plus I am not a fan of Ireland scenery with its gloomy backdrop and colorless canvases. So that sets the stage. For me anyways. And IRA stories went out with the '90's. Old hat.
While I give kudos to the direction and acting I was disappointed because of the synopsis and my own expectations. I see where others have said it stays with you; but it stayed with me because when a dying boy needs a miracle, where is god? In other people that the boy was directed to in order to touch two lives where one dies anyways in the end (criminal) and the other boy who treated the dying boy despicably throughout the movie hopefully lives a better life??? Real life stuff not exactly what you want to escape to from the routine drudgery of everyday for 1/5hrs.