“Curiouser and curiouser” is the phrase that various characters keep repeating in Neil Jordan’s offbeat romantic fable
Ondine -- the words themselves a plainly declared homage to Lewis Carroll’s
Alice in Wonderland. The line serves the Jordan movie aptly, for it underscores the film’s offbeat qualities.
Colin Farrell (with his native brogue, as thick as an Irish fog) stars as Syracuse, a long-haired fisherman struggling to make a living on the shores of Ireland in the present day. Still reeling from a rocky past (he once grappled with drunkenness, and now claims over two years of sobriety), he finds joy in periodic visits with his sweet-nature...
Released:
2009
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
111 mins