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Such a frustrating disappointment

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

I honestly felt sick watching this movie, I really couldn't believe how stupid the British police were by not getting their facts right on who was responsible for the IRA pub bombing. Literally I just had to keep watching and gluing to this movie because even though it was years ago, you still want to see Gerry and co being released from jail and live their lives. Unfortunately, Gerry's father wasn't able to experience the freedom with his son and friends as he died in the jail. Very heartbreaking it must have been for the family and like, you just can imagine the effort they put in to try and get everyone out! I would be honestly fighting my way to save my brother from being in prison til his death! Kudos to Daniel Day-Lewis and all the actors involved in this brilliant documentary movie. I give this a solid 8/10 rating!

Impressive acting by Daniel Day-Lewis and by the rest of the cast. The film is touching and engaging without any lack in terms of accuracy. The story is strong without any useless or boring exposure and the narration is flawless. Original score is very good.The story is a tragedy of errors for a "antihero" the main character, Gerry. He is not an ideal and perfect citizen. He is into "free life style" hippie. But out of bad luck he becomes the relief valve for the British police desperate to find some one guilty for a bombing homicide. It is impressive that the film and such a sad story is based on a true story and this makes it even stronger. I believe movies like this one should be shown in schools as a major pillar for history programs as this kind of events and stories inevitably make the student connect with the theme and automatically trigger the desire to understand the historical time A true masterpiece.

Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) is shown in Belfast stripping lead from roofs of houses when security forces home in on the district with armoured cars, and a riot breaks out. Gerry's father, Giuseppe Conlon (Pete Postlethwaite), later saves him from IRA punishment, and he is sent off to London to stay with his aunt, for his own good. Instead, he finds a squat, to explore, as he puts it, "free love and dope." One evening by chance he gains entry to a prostitute's flat and he steals the £700 he finds there and chats briefly with a man sitting in a park; on that evening in Guildford there is an explosion at a pub that kills four off-duty soldiers and a civilian, and wounds sixty-five others.While Gerry has returned to Belfast to show off his stolen money, one of the squat residents talks to the authorities and the Conlon home is raided by the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary, who arrest Gerry and immediately place him on a military flight to the UK mainland. Gerry and his friend, Paul Hill (John Lynch) are interrogated by police who torture and threaten them until both finally agree to sign a confession after being held for up to seven days under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. When Gerry's father travels from Belfast to England to help his son, he is arrested at the aunt's home. In the subsequent trial, his aunt's family (known as the Maguire Seven, including Conlon's father) are convicted of supporting the bombing on the basis of nitroglycerin traces, and the four, including Gerry, are sentenced to long terms of imprisonment.

Brilliantly written, Perfectly casted! Let's not talk about the movie and focus on the amazing acting of Daniel day Louis. I strongly believe that he is the best living actor. His Irish accent on this movie makes you swear he is an Irish man! Actually, his insane method of acting lead to the 5 Oscar nominees. loved how he amazingly play the role. I truly recommend everyone to watch this movie and all Daniel's movies, to see how the real acting should be! In my opinion, The best scene of this movie was the interrogation scene where he been under a lot of pressure. This scene reflect how emotions toward his father he hold! Finally, Daniel Day Lewis movies deserve watching!