Running time: 102 minutes. Rated PG-13 (some thematic elements, suggestive comments). In select theaters and on demand Friday.John Patrick Shanley, the writer of “Moonstruck,” made one fatal error with his new romantic comedy, “Wild Mountain Thyme”: He directed it.
It’s a mistake the man has made before, when he helmed the film adaptation of his Broadway play “Doubt” in 2008. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams gave strong performances of his harrowing script about Brooklyn nuns, but Shanley’s small-scale style behind the camera lacked emotional sweep and compelling pacing.It’s more noticeable this “Thyme” because the film, which is based on Shanley’s 2014 Broadway play “Outside Mullingar,” is set on lush Irish farms.
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