Wild Mountain Thyme is an American drama film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley. It stars Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Christopher Walken, and Dearbhla Molloy in main roles. It was released on 11th December 2020 in Theaters and on VOD.
Two families of farmers living in Ireland, Anthony (Jamie Dornan) with his father Tony (Christopher Walken) and other family is Rosemary (Emily Blunt) with her old mother Aoife Muldoon (Dearbhla Molloy), are divided by a piece of farming land and two gates. Rosemary likes Anthony since childhood but Anthony seems like he's suppressing his feelings for her. Tony decides to give his land to his nephew Adam (Jon Hamm) who lives in America, who never shy to show off by bringing a Rolls Royce to their farm. He even gets close to Rosemary, both ending up kissing in New York City. But the question is among the two options Anthony and Adam, who is Rosemary going to choose as her life partner? And the land, who is the one who will take over the land finally?
The film has been written by John Patrick Shanley and is based on one of his theatre play Outside Mullingar. The story surely has some limitations as it's based on a play and most of the film is based on Ireland showing it's beautiful landscapes where the lead characters live and here, everything is shown soothingly and almost gives you a feeling that you're watching a Disney movie where emotions are there but the comedy sequences and the unusual touch of humor evoking the emotion make this different from other romantic comedy-dramas.
Besides the light approach, there's still heaviness on displaying emotions and the feeling of losing someone or the feeling of being imperfect as in the case of Anthony who accuses Mother Nature by saying Why he's like this. Anthony's personality doesn't suit Jamie Dornan, who has been known for playing Christian Grey in Fifty Shades Franchise. He's shown proposing a donkey, as he's just practicing to propose Rosemary which he never does, and falling off the boat while murmuring something and he's always confused and blurred and is always finding something in his farm by using a metal detector which evokes laughs but makes us feel bad for him too.
Whereas Rosemary is enthused and firm about everything she does, even after kissing Adam she's not averted by the fact that she truly loves Anthony. The scenes of Emily and Jamie are the highlights of the film and their quirky and charming pair is what makes this thin plot film watchable, and it's a well-made film too.
Jamie Dornan is awkwardly amazing in the role of Anthony and Emily Blunt is an excellent actress and here she did a great job as Rosemary. Jon Hamm, Christopher Walken, and Dearbhla Molloy have also lent good support.
The cinematography by Stephen Goldblatt is stunning. The movie is visually beautiful in every frame with the green and colorful landscapes of Ireland in the background is a delight. The background score is also good and 'wild Mountain Thyme' is a beautiful Scottish/Irish folk song that comes often in this film. The production design by Anna Rackard is vivid and beautiful.
Wild Mountain Thyme by John Patrick Shanley is a lovely and fine film that is enjoyable and heartwarming. Jamie Dornan and Emily Blunt are in strong form and because of their amazing chemistry, the scenes come out to be so much effective like that at the end of the film at Rosemary's kitchen where their feelings for each other becomes very clear even if the scene is executed in a fun way it has the deep emotions beneath their voices. It's a good film and the simple plot sometimes works against the film but still, the presence of Emily and Jamie is enough to get you hooked on their sweet world.
Rating:- 3/5
Now available via Video On Demand.
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