No action, little nudity and not much sex

If you need a fast moving, action packed movie or one with the sexploits of nymphomaniacs running around, then this movie is not for you so please don't watch it just to rate this low or write terrible things about it; you have been forewarned.

This story is mainly about Nora and James Joyce's first 7-10 years together and the love that absorbed them, but it focuses mainly on Nora and her feelings and how it affects their relationship and his works.

A bit of knowledge of the writer's life will help you understand the background that is hinted at in the movie without a lot of detail. I stopped watching it 20 min into it to read up on what I didn't know about Joyce and then started from the beginning again and was thoroughly pleased with the movie as a whole.

Ewan McGregor is always good and especially when playing an emotional man. Susan Lynch does a good job and does it effortlessly as if she is really Nora, which usually works well when not using a popular actress whose identity overpowers the character.

There are a couple of steamy love scenes, but nothing that could compare to what's shown these days.



"Sometimes you have to know when to put a cork in it."
~Frasier