I interviewed the screenwriter, Guy Hibbert, about Five Minutes Of Heaven for the Writers' Guild a couple of months ago and I think knowing the background to the script made watching the film even more rewarding than it would otherwise have been.
Then again, I suppose I missed out on some of the suspense - I knew, roughly, how it would turn out.
Either way, I thought it was a brilliant piece of drama. Great acting, great direction and a very truthful feel to the whole piece.
The writing was terrific. Bold enough to leave long silences yet also with some monologues from James Nesbitt that reminded me of Enda Walsh.
The end, so succinct and powerful and right, was brilliantly realised.
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