2020 · romance · drama · music
Wild Mountain Thyme
Directed by John Patrick Shanley1h 42m2020
Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbour Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father's plans to sell the family farm to his American nephew, Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams.
Our read: Wild Mountain Thyme (2020) reads as a warm, measured, grounded romance · drama · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, measured, gentle romance / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- warm
- measured
- gentle
- redemptive
- intimate
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