
O’Byrne, the other by Debra Messing - “wholly diverting,” praising Shanley’s “lyrical writing” for giving “such consistent pleasure.” The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney hailed it as “a tender paean to rural life, to the Irish spirit, and to the enduring belief that love will find a way.” Tony voters enjoyed Outside Mullingar so much that they nominated it for Best Play, though it lost to the Bryan Cranston as LBJ drama All the Way - an act of AMC on NBC violence. Charles Isherwood in the New York Times called the romance between neighboring Irish farmers - one played by stage veteran Brian F. When John Patrick Shanley’s Outside Mullingar opened on Broadway in 2014, reviews were mostly warm. Truly, we are a beautiful people.Jamie Dornan and Emily Blunt in Wild Mountain Thyme. And, in Jamie Dornan & Emily Blunt, presents a remarkably realistic depiction, visually at least, of the average Irish man & woman. "But otherwise #WildMountainThyme looks great. "To be fair, Irish accents are hard (we struggle with them at times)," the tweet said.

The Irish Embassy in Washington posted the most politically minded response to the furor. But if you listen for the entire film it will settle, and be different. On a film trailer, you will get different accents because that’s the mood of (a particular) line.

"How can you make a judgment on someone’s tone in a trailer? It’s taken out of context. "Donald Trump didn’t get as good a coverage," Shanley said. "I am only managing about ten seconds of the Wild Mountain Thyme trailer per attempt and my thoughts and prayers are with all actual Irish people at this difficult time," wrote one Twitter user.īrendan Shanley, an Irish cousin to director, leapt to to the defense of "Wild Mountain Thyme" in an interview with the Britain's The Times. So if he's wrong, I'm going to blame him for any backlash on my accent." Or the Irish Sea, certainly."īlunt said in the same interview that Dornan assured her "that I sounded Irish and I'm going to believe him.
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I'm actually from about 120 miles from where the movie is set, and Emily, there's an ocean between her and where the movie is set. "We were both terrified, I was like, no, we're going to be good," Dornan told when introducing the trailer.

"The saddest part about the 'Wild Mountain Thyme' trailer is that Jamie Dornan is an actual Irish person," wrote one Twitter user. "Fifty Shades" star Dornan, who hails from Northern Ireland, has faced the most criticism. "Even we think this is a bit much #WildMountainThyme," the museum's tweet said.īritain's BBC investigated and handled the outcry more critically, asking, "'Wild Mountain Thyme': Is an Irish accent the hardest to master?"

The National Leprechaun Museum of Ireland, not often noted for its film commentary, felt compelled to weigh in on the trailer. Is there such a thing as accent police? If so, somebody better call ‘em," the cheeky tweet stated. The official account for the Dublin Airport tweeted the trailer Nov.
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RTE, Ireland's national radio and TV broadcaster, trumpeted an article with the headline, "Irish accent emergency declared after 'Wild Mountain Thyme' trailer.'" The Irish reaction to the trailer has brought back memories of Tom Cruise and then-wife Nicole Kidman portraying Irish immigrants in the 1992 drama "Far and Away."
