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Critic Damon Wise
rated 6

Performances are excellent, and Cillian Murphy continues to surprise.

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Critic Noel Murray
rated 7

There's a kind of dry tastefulness about The Wind That Shakes The Barley's historical recreations, even when Loach is staging rapes and executions.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Kasper Christoffer Larsen
rated 8

...ingen kan som Loach gøre det politiske vedkommende og det personlige almengyldigt.

Read full review at Cinemazone

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In 1920s Ireland, two brothers, Damien and Teddy, join the Irish Republican Army's guerrilla war against British forces. As the conflict intensifies and the British offer a peace treaty, the brothers find themselves on opposite sides of the debate over whether to accept it. Their differing views lead to a tragic confrontation that tests their love for each other and their commitment to their country's freedom.

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley was released in theaters on March 23, 2007.