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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "A troubling and provocative look at the Irish troubles." more... B   Boston Globe Wesley Morris "...the historical scope of this story...seems to have drained some of the life from its telling." more... B   Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman "The ferocity of Loach's moral wrath carries the movie..." more... B   filmcritic.com Chris Cabin "...the politics outweigh the poetry..." more... B- Hollywood Reporter Ray Bennett "Well-meant but ordinary and familiar civil war tale." more... C   New York Post Kyle Smith "...raises hard questions about Ireland's uncanny ability to kneecap itself." more... B   New York Times A.O. Scott "...as alive and as troubling as anything on the evening news, though far more thoughtful and beautiful." more... A- San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein "The film immediately has you in its thrall and doesn't let go..." more... A   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)