There are more than two sides to most stories in Irish history. Rebel Heart did quite well in showing a couple of them, the two sides as they divided in the Civil War. To have tried to tell the story from the Unionist side and the British side as well would have needed a far larger canvas.

As it was it had to speed up and simplify, and had its novelettish side. But it had some great performances, and had the right look about it. But remember, it's a story set in history, not history.