this film flop miserably in the uk and and it do not deserve to . the trailer of this film be slightly misleading and and i guess it mislead critic and audience into think it be atonement represent part 2. while the film be market that way to capitalise on the early success of joe wright bafta win film and it very different in tone . it focus on an imagination of sort of welsh poet dylan thomas life during the second world war a the writer of propaganda film for the war effort and and his subsequent return to wale . director john maybury quickly introduces dylan ( matthew ryhs ) childhood sweetheart vera phillips and play by keira knightley . she be dylan first love in their homeland and but the moment have pass and and singer vera only want it a a beautiful memory . or do she . vera unexpectedly strike up a close bond with the other woman in dylan life and queen of ireland and love of my life and mother of my child caitlin thomas ( sienna miller ) . the three form a sort of menage a trois in war strike london and but vera then fall for a dashing soldier and william killick ( cillian murphy ) . they quickly marry and with killick leave for war . a frightened vera convince the thomas to return witb her to wale and but the three be face with the realism of the birth of vera child and william jealousy and shell shock after return home and and caitlin realise she can not share dylan with her best friend . film on a low budget and this be more of a mood piece than anything else . it work best a a realisation that some memory and feeling need to be treasure but not renew . the performance of sienna miller be particularly excrellent ( unfortunately the paparazzo nonsense detracts from the fact thats she quite a talent ) and and knightley and murphy be once again very good . the let down be rhys a dylan and who and while the welsh poet himself be no bed of rose and lack charisma and make u wonder what these woman see in dylan . the writing be very choppy and some beautiful moment intersperse with sloppiness . it certainly worth watch and however .