“Wild Mountain Thyme” is an overly verbose story that ultimately doesn’t have much to say and should have remained on the stage, where pretentiously worded dialogue is expected and therefore much more palatable than it is for a movie audience. “Wild Mountain Thyme,” which takes place mostly in Ireland and partially in New York City, was written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, who adapted the movie from his 2014 Broadway play “Outside Mullingar.” Even though Shanley has won an Oscar (for writing 1987’s “Moonstruck”) and a Tony and a Pulitzer (for the play “Doubt: A Parable”), those prestigious awards don’t mean that someone is incapable of making an embarrassing stinker. Wildly romantic? The characters in “Wild Mountain Thyme” are so dysfunctional and/or emotionally repressed that there’s almost no passionate romance in the film, and the characters spend most of the movie bickering about land ownership and who’s a legitimate farmer. Moving? This painfully dull movie doesn’t pour on the sentimental sap until the last 15 minutes of the film-and it does so in the corniest way possible. The production notes for “Wild Mountain Thyme” describe the movie as a “comedic, moving and wildly romantic tale.” Comedic? The reality is that “Wild Mountain Thyme” is a drama with a lot of unintentionally so-bad-it’s-funny moments. Jon Hamm, Jamie Dornan and Christopher Walken in “Wild Mountain Thyme” (Photo by Kerry Brown/Bleecker Street) Abigail Coburn, Anna Weekes, Barry McGovern, Christopher Walken, Clare Barrett, Darragh O'Kane, Dearbhla Molloy, Don Wycherley, drama, Emily Blunt, Ireland, Jamie Dornan, John Patrick Shanley, Jon Hamm, Lydia McGuinness, movies, reviews, Wild Mountain Thymeīy Carla Hay Jamie Dornan and Emily Blunt in “Wild Mountain Thyme” (Photo by Kerry Brown/Bleecker Street)Ĭulture Representation: Taking place in Ireland and in New York City, the romantic drama “Wild Mountain Thyme” has an all-white cast of characters representing the working-class, middle-class and wealthy.Ĭulture Clash: Two oddball Irish farmers-one female and one male-have very different views of love and marriage, while the male famer’s rich American businessman cousin might be part of a love triangle for this would-be couple.Ĭulture Audience: “Wild Mountain Thyme” will appeal primarily to people who don’t mind watching romantic movies that are pretentious and ridiculous.
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