A writer/director that I admire very much, suggested that I should see Dan Ireland's movies. I first saw "Passionada" and I must confess I didn't get it. I thought that it was half cooked. Then I saw "The Whole Wide World" and I loved it! A true character study drawn with so much love that I felt compelled to see it again almost immediately. Now "The Velocity Of Gary" I saw it three times and on the third viewing I understood what lies beneath. Dan Ireland is a truly intriguing director, daring and unapologetic. Thomas Jane plays the sort of character we've never seen before on the screen. A character that goes through life without any protection, not just physical but emotional. On the third viewing, I wept. Now I'm going to see "Passionada" again. I'm sure I lost something on my first viewing. Dan Ireland, a director to be revisited.
Review of The Velocity of Gary
