1st Movie: "Irish Wish"

 
馃憢馃槉Greetings everyone! I hope you have delightful Christmas celebrations filled with joy.


Today, I will watch "Irish Wish," directed by Janeen Damian, on Netflix. The film is 94 minutes long, set in the United States, and in English.


Plot:

Maddie Kelly has been secretly in love with Paul Kennedy, the author who she has been editing for the past year and whose plot choices and writing she has improved. She has told her mother but not her best friends, Emma and Heather. Just before Maddie is about to tell him about her feelings, Paul asks her to help him write his next novel. He meets Emma and they quickly develop a mutual attraction.

 

Three months later, Paul and his three childhood friends fly with him to his Irish home so he and Emma can get married. Maddie puts her feelings aside to join Heather as a bridesmaid. At luggage reclaim, Maddie argues with Englishman James Thomas over his bag, as it is identical to hers. While stuck at the lost luggage office, she insists that the others go on without her. Maddie must travel by bus to the Kennedy house; on board, she exchanges banter with James who is a wildlife photographer.

 

The three friends, Paul, and his brother Kory go to a lake for a picnic. They decide to take out two rowboats, but Maddie stays behind, feeling like a fifth wheel. She comes across a wishing bench, and a fairy appears as she is saying she wishes Paul was marrying her. After a strong wind blows, Maddie falls back, waking up as the bride-to-be. With her dream seeming to come true, she starts to doubt things. First, a bike ride Paul proposes to her does not work as she is unskilled, so Emma takes her place. Then Maddie is expected to wear an heirloom wedding dress rather than the one she brought.

 

Hearing and seeing the fairy, Maddie chases after her and falls into James's Triumph TR convertible. Because of the fairy, he has no recollection of their meeting, but Maddie remembers. The hired wedding photographer has quit, and Paul's mother thanks Maddie for finding James as a replacement. Having just discovered the sheep-shearing event he was meant to shoot got canceled, he accepts.

 

That night, as Paul gets into bed with Maddie while she is asleep when he puts his hand on her, it startles her so she punches him. He is not fully recovered by morning, so she goes with James alone to seek picturesque spots for the wedding photos. On their return, a tree goes down from the storm and blocks the road back, so Maddie and James seek shelter in a nearby pub. They spend the evening together playing darts, having a pint, and dancing. They get back just in time for the rehearsal, where the fairy, who is revealed to be Saint Brigid of Ireland, startles Maddie.

 

Maddie soon realizes that her real soulmate is James, not Paul. On the morning of the wedding, James can tell she is sad, but she does not admit it. When Maddie tells the priest about her wish to Saint Brigid, he says she is mischievous, not giving people what they want, but what they need.

 

Maddie sees Emma before the ceremony and confirms her feelings for Paul, then promises to try to fix it. When it is her turn to walk down the aisle, she enters, wearing regular clothes, and suggests the wedding not go on as they are not in love. Paul jumps James and they fight, as he sees them talking earlier on the grounds, blaming him for her change of heart.

 

James abruptly leaves, and Maddie follows. He feels badly for being partly to blame for what happened. They kiss, but due to the circumstances, he drives off. Maddie returns to the wishing bench and asks Saint Brigid to take back her wish, so time rewinds again. Paul and Emma marry, and after the reception, Maddie tells him she will not be editing his books without being credited as co-writer. She then finds James on a bench near the pub and he now remembers her from the airport and bus, so they can restart.


Cast: 

  • Linsay Lohan as Madeline
  • Ed Speleers as James Thomas
  • Alexander Vlahos as Paul Kennedy

Genres:

Romantic Comedy Movies.

This movie is: 

Charming and romantic.



I chose this movie for two principal reasons: firstly, because it is a romantic comedy, my favorite genre; and secondly, because I am a fan of Lindsay Lohan. I have watched her movies since she was a child.

Well, after watching the movie, I have to say that I am quite disappointed. It is very unoriginal and lacks any surprises, it's as if I already knew what was going to happen next. It's a shame that the performances were so unconvincing. What I did like were the landscapes, truly beautiful. I am against imposing my opinion on whether or not to watch a movie, so if you want to form your own opinion, it's best to watch it yourself. If I have to give it a rating, I give it a 5 out of 10.

This is the first movie of three. In the next few days, I will write about the movies I choose to watch and share my opinion once I finish.

Goodbye, I'm glad to write again.

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