... the audience during her characters' transition from a selfish, uncaring grumpy old woman to a humble caring grandmother made her performance all the more better. However not all of the cast made a believable performance. Johnny Depp's fairly average attempt at being an Irish traveller brings the audience back down to earth and reminds us that it is all fiction. His accent throughout his scenes was dreadful, made all the more worse by the way he spoke, as if his voice had a different personality from his background and his actual personality. However this did not have a huge impact on the film as his parts were rather short. Also the other actors good performances helped to keep the sense of reality alive. Hallstrom uses many techniques including symbols to help us, the audience, understand and explore different themes. The towns statue is one of these symbols. The statue represents something solid ...

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