tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451838183910864405.post5035922745924263721..comments2023-04-25T08:10:17.740-07:00Comments on Cinemaphile: P.S. - I Love You / 1/2* (2007)David M Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11765191637815775830noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451838183910864405.post-57603731875955358642014-03-14T17:50:11.020-07:002014-03-14T17:50:11.020-07:00I agree with some of the above. However, the reaso...I agree with some of the above. However, the reason for much of the incongruity of the film is that it was taken away from its Irish roots, the plot, originally set in Ireland, moves to New York, thus necessitating an all-American cast that in no way portrays the characters in the original book. <br /><br />Hilary Swank is dippy and un-loveable, Gerard Butler plays a stereotypical Oirish man with the worst accent this side of Dublin, and Daniel is a typical Harry Connick Jnr creation, that is, weird, psychotic and nowhere near likeable. <br /><br />The film would have had some kudos if the writers had kept to the original storyline, although, on second thoughts, a story about how a middle aged man with an ego the size of Jupiter manages to control his bird from the other side is perhaps a little too creepy for even the most sympathetic and sensitive film biewers. <br /><br />I am left feeling bereft, bereft of the original Irish charm of a fairly interesting novel, and disappointed, disappointed that I watched the film in the first place. Thank you.Lin Boyde-Millernoreply@blogger.com