THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (CILLIAN MURPHY, LIAM CUNNINGHAM;2007)

THIS FANTASTIC MOVIE EXAMINES THE TIES THAT CAN UNITE OR DESTROY FAMILIES AND COUNTRIES. THE SETTING CHOSEN FOR THIS SPECIFIC FILM IS 1920’S IRELAND. TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, 1920’S IRELAND WAS ABOUT AS SAFE AS 1980’S HARLEM. UNLESS YOU WERE ARMED WITH A CRACK PIPE, SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN, ADIDAS, AND A SICK RYHME, YOU DIDN’T BREAK DANCE ACROSS 110TH STREET. THE PRIMARY IRISH ACTIVITY OF THE 1920’S, ASIDE FROM DREAMING OF NEW WAYS TO COOK POTATOES, WAS FIGHTING THE VICIOUS "BLACK AND TAN." THE "BLACK AND TAN" WERE A GROUP OF ENGLISH PRICKS SENT TO BLOCK IRELAND’S INDEPENDENCE. FORTUNATELY, THE ENGLISH UNDERESTIMATED THEIR OPPONENTS, AS USUAL, AND WERE SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT THE IRISH WERE NOT TOO DRUNK TO FIGHT AND ACTUALLY DID HAVE "MORE RYHMES THAN COPS IN A DUNKIN’ DONUTS SHOP." ASIDE FROM THE SLAUGHTERING, WIND PROVIDES A DISTURBING PORTRAYAL OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING DYNAMICS OF FAMILIES AND FRIENDSHIP DURING WARTIME. THE MOVIE JERK RECOMMENDS RENTING THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT TODAY.