I found Andrea Corr stiff in most of her scenes, and she was not comfortable playing the fiddle, most of the time they would do a close up on her face smiling. Andera is a beautiful to look at however she exhibited a limited range in her acting.
The acting associated with the music could have been better, it was obvious to me that fiddle players were not playing the instruments, I don't play the fiddle but if was obvious to me. The previews really contained the best parts, there were a couple of surprises and a plot twist at the end, however the musical content could have been more satisfying. Colm Meany's acting consisted of smoking cigarettes and saying F***. Bernard Hill acting was excellent and he really carried the film, he played his character some what low key and really was never developed as a character.
There should have been more emphasis on the music. The contest consisted of the bands playing before 6 judges who really displayed no emotional relationship to the music, and the final musical piece the big dance was really confused, the best bit of music was when some band members played with the Hippies in my opinion.
The acting associated with the music could have been better, it was obvious to me that fiddle players were not playing the instruments, I don't play the fiddle but if was obvious to me. The previews really contained the best parts, there were a couple of surprises and a plot twist at the end, however the musical content could have been more satisfying. Colm Meany's acting consisted of smoking cigarettes and saying F***. Bernard Hill acting was excellent and he really carried the film, he played his character some what low key and really was never developed as a character.
There should have been more emphasis on the music. The contest consisted of the bands playing before 6 judges who really displayed no emotional relationship to the music, and the final musical piece the big dance was really confused, the best bit of music was when some band members played with the Hippies in my opinion.