The whole thing would probably have flown apart if not for Hinds, whose character, like a dark star imploding, pulls everything toward him. full review

Quinn, alternately charming and loathsome, is brilliant, as is Hinds, an actor who has elevated everything he's been in. full review

McPherson brews a strangely appealing composite, a movie that is mostly character-driven romance but that seasons the proceedings with timely scare-your-pants-off moments of horror. full review

The town and surrounding landscapes make a gorgeous setting -- the Irish tourist board will be happy -- but at its heart The Eclipse is a small, contained ghost story about a haunted man learning to exorcise himself. full review

Hinds has been ready for a role of this size and shape for years; it was simply a matter of finding it, and its finding him. full review

The supernatural never seems far out of sight in Ireland, and it creeps in here and there during The Eclipse, a dark romance set at a literary festival in the County Cork cathedral town of Cobh. I'm not sure it's required, but it does little harm. full review

Ultimately, though, it feels fleeting and slight passing across our line of vision, never a full but merely a partial engagement. full review

McPherson has managed a rare hat trick in genre mash-up, fashioning a deeply absorbing movie that balances horror, romance, comedy and observant humanism with surprising finesse. full review

An above-average ghost tale elevated by its cast. full review

There are few surprises hidden in the film's hushed spookiness. full review

A smart, scary, spine-tinglingly matter-of-fact ghost story. full review

An interesting blend of very nicely observed character based drama with some horror movie effects.

Makes good on its name by sometimes obscuring its themes and even point, which can have its charms though also severe drawbacks. full review

McPherson balances these disparate elements with great skill, never resorting to cheap scare tactics in what amounts to a sensitive character study. full review

he acting is of the highest caliber, but the characters and their circumstances are underwritten. full review

A leisurely and quite lovely drama that honors the conventions of gothic ghost stories without the slightest stain of self-irony. full review

McPherson -- while getting some lovely shots of the Irish seaside -- never succeeds in making Michael's literary interests, or Lena's passionate interests, seem quite plausible. full review

The Eclipse is about death and sadness, rebirth and possibility. The film is anchored by Hinds' performance -- the actor brings a soulful melancholy to the proceedings. full review

The Eclipse finds plenty of heartfelt gravity in its tale of love lost and found on a gothic coast. full review

The Eclipse is a curious Irish ghost story that fiddles with the recipe just enough to produce interesting results. full review