It is hard to like this film to begin with - populated as it is by barely grunting hormone fuelled teenagers. Scriptless, it is dependent upon standard Irish bonhomie to convey the 'closeness' of the characters. The Irish are word-smiths to a one - how on earth did this production manage to emasculate their speech? Come on, English subtitles would have been preferable to this - let's just hug one another instead of exchanging words, poetic phrases etc. After rather too long we then learn that we have a love triangle. We have a character who wants the world to be exactly as he plans it. We have a character who can't make up her mind. We have a character who knows his mind and is being foiled by those who don't. We then witness what happens when alcohol is added to the mix. We then see how each character dissembles embroiling others in their deceits. Suddenly, this sleeper of a film packs a volley of knock-out punches. Hell, this story has got legs after all.
Review of What Richard Did
