Wild Mountain
Thyme
Headstrong farmer Rosemary (Emily Blunt)
is in love with her neighbor Anthony (Jamie
Dornan). However, he is oblivious to her
affection – and disgruntled that his father
Tony (Christopher Walken) has decided to sell
the family farm to American relative Adam
(John Hamm).
FIVE FACTS:
- Wild Mountain Thyme director and writer
John Patrick Shanley’s previous film output
includes 1987’s Moonstruck, for which he
won the 1988 Academy Award for Best
Original Screenplay. - Wild Mountain Thyme is adapted from
Shanley’s play Outside Mullingar, which ran
on Broadway in 2014. - The film was originally announced in
May 2019, when Holliday Grainger was set to
play the love interest of Dornan’s character. - However, by the following September,
Blunt had replaced Grainger in her role. - Shanley has responded to criticism of the
film’s inaccurate Irish accents by insisting
that “you have to make the accent more
accessible to a global audience”.
Rotten Tomatoes
27 %
by John Patrick Shanley
Genre: Romance
Released: 2020
Price: $19.9918 Ratings