I saw it today at the premiere nights festival in Athens. I must admit that I was influenced by the comments I saw on the internet for so long and expected that I would not like this film. But the exact opposite happened, I left the theater satisfied. I'm not saying the film doesn't have its problems, it certainly suffers from some strange choices in the editing and some repeating patterns in the direction, which involves calm then tension and ends up calm again, with the dialogue often working as exposition. Beyond that, however, it is a film with character in which it seems that the director has the courage to follow his vision to the end, without compromising and with some nice script choices. What really stands out in the film, however, is its beautiful cinematography, where every shot is a painting (which makes sense as Ronan himself said he was a painter once). The movie also has a great soundtrack and I think it goes without saying how awesome and unique Daniel Day Lewis is, with also very good performances from Sean Bean and Samantha Morton. In general, it's a film that needs attention as will the director in the future.

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