Jim Sheridan’s Secret saga fails to soar
A story of Ireland’s guilty history and the Catholic Church’s toxic misogyny becomes a treacly, simplified romance
Cinema
The Secret Scripture: Directed by Jim Sheridan, Nationwide, 12A, Rating: **
The Lost City of Z: Directed by James Gray, Nationwide, 15A, Rating: ***
At two separate points in Jim Sheridan’s adaptation of Sebastian Barry’s novelThe Secret Scripture, the movie’s heroine Rose (Rooney Mara) stands on a beautiful Atlantic beach to watch her true love Michael (Jack Reynor) fly an RAF Spitfire over her head.
The first time it happens, the soaring ...
