Review of The Secret of Roan Inish

I'll have to add another dissenting vote here. I'm a Sayles fan, but this film was terribly dull most of the time - I think I fell asleep while watching it. The first 1/3 of the film's narrative was difficult to follow, and only in the last 20 minutes or so did the film manage to sustain my interest. "Roan Innish" is my least favorite John Sayles effort, though I haven't seen his early 80's films since they came out.