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Title: Take it as it comes
Review: I read in an interview that Jim Sheridan started off writing the father as the protagonist for this film but eventually gave up because it was too difficult and awkward to make himself the main focus (it's no secret this is autobiographical). So he phoned up his daughters, grown up, and asked for their recollections of the family's move to the States when they were children. This is the narrative he used in crafting his film, which may in part explain the fantastical nature of much of the plot. To those who want more gritty realism from the film -- look back to your own childhood memories and ask yourself if you actually remember everything factually the way it happened. Film is art. In this case it's dreamy, magnificent art, and remembering the way things felt is every bit as valuable as remembering the way things were.
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