'Wild Mountain Thyme' trailer misses the mark - but sparks wider conversation
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Last night, the trailer emerged on social media for Bleecker Street Films' feature. Frankly, the reaction closer to home has quickly eclipsed that of the international audience at whom it seems to be squarely aimed.
Set in 2005, the romance, based on John Patrick Shanley's Broadway stage play , itself the subject of critical derision, is an age-old tale: a comely maiden is torn between slow-burning, star-crossed love amid the comforts of home in rural Ireland, and the allure of the brave new world of America, while a battle of wills between families over land underpins local tensions. Like meets , but apparently set in the present.
