It is about two quirky people who can't get past their inner lives to get started on their real ones. (Blunt's character's wild horse locked away opposed to Dornan's character's loyal pooch.)
I admit I can't see where the offense comes in - perhaps I am an idiot. As I watched it I did not suddenly start thinking all Irish people were farmers, or fools, or other such negative things, I just took it as a silly fantasy about two offbeat people - humans - they could be located anywhere - they happened to be in Ireland because that's where the author of the play is/was.
Accents aside (I'm not expert enough to detect minor flaws in them,) if we can't have romantic stories about quirky people for fear of offending entire countries of sensitive people I am not sure it is not worth making movies any more.
Do we react like this to Bridget Jones? Surely that was filled with British oddities...do we wipe it off the face of the earth now? I suppose John Hamm's character in this film should be expunged from the screen because it is an American stereotype? My God, can't we laugh at our silly sides any more? The world is becoming a truly dark place.
I admit I can't see where the offense comes in - perhaps I am an idiot. As I watched it I did not suddenly start thinking all Irish people were farmers, or fools, or other such negative things, I just took it as a silly fantasy about two offbeat people - humans - they could be located anywhere - they happened to be in Ireland because that's where the author of the play is/was.
Accents aside (I'm not expert enough to detect minor flaws in them,) if we can't have romantic stories about quirky people for fear of offending entire countries of sensitive people I am not sure it is not worth making movies any more.
Do we react like this to Bridget Jones? Surely that was filled with British oddities...do we wipe it off the face of the earth now? I suppose John Hamm's character in this film should be expunged from the screen because it is an American stereotype? My God, can't we laugh at our silly sides any more? The world is becoming a truly dark place.