When The Sky Falls

Steeped in its own righteous indignation, this message picture — based on the life of a crusading Dublin reporter — is more hagiography than biography. Dublin, 1976. Irish newspaper writer Sinead Hamilton (Joan Allen) juggles homemaking and career with the encouragement of her spouse Tom (Kevin McNally). . Tired of penning pieces on women’s issues, Sinead starts to investigate criminal corruption. But her nose for news leads her to a scoop that her editor eventually regards as too controversial, and she makes enemies of veteran crooks like Mickey O’ Fagan (Jimmy Smallhorne) and Dave Hackett (Gerard Flynn). Her primary informant, Martin Shaughnessy (Peter Po...