A good, entertaining presentation about the Irish struggle to overthrow English rule and the internal struggles over liberation and the creation of the Irish Republic. Well acted by Liam Nesson and Adain Quinn. Alan Rickman as DeValera, the weak pretentious self-serving villain, starts well, but becomes too wimpy/crazy to be real. Julia Roberts does nothing for the film, and it does nothing for her. But the story is very powerful if romanticized