A drop o' the Oirish - old-fashioned style. Credit director Gillies MacKinnon for wanting to get away from a) the IRA and b) an avalanche of swearing, Commitments-style, in this tinker's tale of a nubile unmarried mum who falls for a travelling carnival man while the local police sergeant, who lusts after her, threatens to ensure everything ends in tragedy rather than custody. Aidan Quinn's Irish accent passes muster as the carny; rather shakier on the old brogue are Robin Wright as the girl and Albert Finney as the ruddy-cheeked sergeant. Still at least they don't stick out like sore thumbs from an otherwise genuinely Irish cast, and their film is okay in a meandering, TV drama-ish sort of way. It has a real feel of country life, and appealing performances from Milo O'Shea as the chief of the travelling 'Playboys' and Niamh Cusack as Wright's sister.


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