Emotion stains the walls of this period film like gutter waste.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Emotion stains the walls of this period film like gutter waste.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There are hints of a plot line, but everything is racing along at such a pace - only lit by the flash of muzzles - that it is difficult to spot it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are hints of a plot line, but everything is racing along at such a pace - only lit by the flash of muzzles - that it is difficult to spot it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Reality takes a back seat in this oddball comedy.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Reality takes a back seat in this oddball comedy.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Paul Morrison's film recreates the subversive undercurrents of suspicion within a white working-class community extremely well, in addition to celebrating the dignity and perseverance of the new immigrants.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Paul Morrison's film recreates the subversive undercurrents of suspicion within a white working-class community extremely well, in addition to celebrating the dignity and perseverance of the new immigrants.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A slight, but enjoyable tale.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A slight, but enjoyable tale.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A beautifully realised memoir of a remarkable man.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A beautifully realised memoir of a remarkable man.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A beautiful, sensual film that offers a new take on that oldest of clichés, the one-night stand.

~ Gary Duncan -

A beautiful, sensual film that offers a new take on that oldest of clichés, the one-night stand.

~ Gary Duncan -

A self-important, prosaic and ill-defined artistic tableau.

~ David Stanners -

A self-important, prosaic and ill-defined artistic tableau.

~ David Stanners -

An acceptable popcorn-munching no-brainer.

~ George Williamson -

An acceptable popcorn-munching no-brainer.

~ George Williamson -

It treads a fine line between the serious and the comic.

~ George Williamson -

It treads a fine line between the serious and the comic.

~ George Williamson -

Suffers from its dark obsessions.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Suffers from its dark obsessions.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

While the films of The Trilogy can certainly be enjoyed on their own, the viewer's overall appreciation of them - and scale of Belvaux's vision - grows exponentionally when they are viewed in their totality.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

While the films of The Trilogy can certainly be enjoyed on their own, the viewer's overall appreciation of them - and scale of Belvaux's vision - grows exponentionally when they are viewed in their totality.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

In the neo-realistic style of handheld cameras and grainy colour, the film is more honest than entertaining.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

In the neo-realistic style of handheld cameras and grainy colour, the film is more honest than entertaining.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Though competently made and performed, this Taiwanese film fails to establish a coherent identity and tone of its own

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Though competently made and performed, this Taiwanese film fails to establish a coherent identity and tone of its own

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The narrative is difficult to follow at times.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The narrative is difficult to follow at times.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Defined by an excellent performance from Antonella Costa, as the headstrong Paula.

~ Trinity -

Defined by an excellent performance from Antonella Costa, as the headstrong Paula.

~ Trinity -

Just another poncy art movie with a zillion pointless scenes and an editor who doesn't understand that his job is to cut out the empty bits.

~ Gator MacReady -

Just another poncy art movie with a zillion pointless scenes and an editor who doesn't understand that his job is to cut out the empty bits.

~ Gator MacReady -

For all the care and attention, Hernandez has lavished on his creation there is one inescapable problem: the film is not that interesting, nor involving.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

For all the care and attention, Hernandez has lavished on his creation there is one inescapable problem: the film is not that interesting, nor involving.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The message is clear enough: the class barrier breaks down when everyone is on their knees in a flower bed.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The message is clear enough: the class barrier breaks down when everyone is on their knees in a flower bed.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's hard to watch the dated hairdos and ugly early Eighties fashion and side with these kids.

~ Gator MacReady -

It's hard to watch the dated hairdos and ugly early Eighties fashion and side with these kids.

~ Gator MacReady -

The soundtrack fits the energy and imagination of the visuals perfectly.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The soundtrack fits the energy and imagination of the visuals perfectly.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

An exceptional performance from Venu.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

An exceptional performance from Venu.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

If looks could kill, the audience would be dead.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If looks could kill, the audience would be dead.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The power of this film rests on perfect performances... no sentimentalism is allowed to enter into them, yet both demonstrate a complexity which goes far beyond what their few lines can express.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The power of this film rests on perfect performances... no sentimentalism is allowed to enter into them, yet both demonstrate a complexity which goes far beyond what their few lines can express.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Slovenian punk rocker director, Damjan Kozole has opted for gritty realism at a time when issues of immigration are tight on everyone's lips.

~ David Stanners -

Slovenian punk rocker director, Damjan Kozole has opted for gritty realism at a time when issues of immigration are tight on everyone's lips.

~ David Stanners -

It's a bold move, but it doesn't gel properly.

~ Gator MacReady -

It's a bold move, but it doesn't gel properly.

~ Gator MacReady -

This documentary is an unsentimental portrayal of a time experienced and cherished by a community at odds with a senseless vision of the world.

~ David Stanners -

This documentary is an unsentimental portrayal of a time experienced and cherished by a community at odds with a senseless vision of the world.

~ David Stanners -

Aisling Walsh's film is a cry from the wilderness, which in the past would have fallen on deaf ears.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Aisling Walsh's film is a cry from the wilderness, which in the past would have fallen on deaf ears.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a deftly packaged film, with a deeply satisfying pay off.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a deftly packaged film, with a deeply satisfying pay off.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film ambles along in unconnected segments towards an ending which is already inevitable 15 minutes in.

~ Trinity -

The film ambles along in unconnected segments towards an ending which is already inevitable 15 minutes in.

~ Trinity -

The film is full of fine performances, but 90-year-old Esther Gorintin, as Eka, is quite outstanding.

~ David Haviland -

The film is full of fine performances, but 90-year-old Esther Gorintin, as Eka, is quite outstanding.

~ David Haviland -

This is a fine film, well acted and the ever-changing complex relationship between the characters is cleverly played out.

~ Trinity -

This is a fine film, well acted and the ever-changing complex relationship between the characters is cleverly played out.

~ Trinity -

Slight but sweet.

~ Martin Gray -

Slight but sweet.

~ Martin Gray -

A terrifying tale.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A terrifying tale.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Like the singers, this film has bags of energy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like the singers, this film has bags of energy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Uninvolving unless one has a interest in and knowledge of Haitian history and culture.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Uninvolving unless one has a interest in and knowledge of Haitian history and culture.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Vincent Hunter's film is as unrelenting and tough as the true meaning of loneliness.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Vincent Hunter's film is as unrelenting and tough as the true meaning of loneliness.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As we progress, it becomes apparent how skilfully director/co-writer Mama Keita has juxtaposed flashbacks to Alfa's life in France with his ongoing African journey of self-discovery.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

As we progress, it becomes apparent how skilfully director/co-writer Mama Keita has juxtaposed flashbacks to Alfa's life in France with his ongoing African journey of self-discovery.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The biggest problem with Returner is that no amount of visual pyrotechnics... can conceal the filmmakers utter lack of imagination.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The biggest problem with Returner is that no amount of visual pyrotechnics... can conceal the filmmakers utter lack of imagination.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Jancso's masterful direction keeps you enthralled.

~ Ben Sillis -

Jancso's masterful direction keeps you enthralled.

~ Ben Sillis -

It's hard to know exactly where the humour is heading, which is refreshing, but when it hits the high notes, it's both quirky and delivered with razor precision.

~ David Stanners -

It's hard to know exactly where the humour is heading, which is refreshing, but when it hits the high notes, it's both quirky and delivered with razor precision.

~ David Stanners -

The combination of subtlety and indeterminacy makes for an uncanny treat.

~ Anton Bitel -

The combination of subtlety and indeterminacy makes for an uncanny treat.

~ Anton Bitel -

This is one to watch and enjoy.

~ Martin Gray -

This is one to watch and enjoy.

~ Martin Gray -

A distinctive, yet enigmatic, film.

~ Trinity -

A distinctive, yet enigmatic, film.

~ Trinity -

The Plot has the authentic looking website, but it's authenticity of the most banal kind, a tie-in that both fails to illuminate the parent film, or provide entertainment of its own.

~ Martin Gray -

The Plot has the authentic looking website, but it's authenticity of the most banal kind, a tie-in that both fails to illuminate the parent film, or provide entertainment of its own.

~ Martin Gray -

It's stylish stuff, professionally put together in a post-Taggart way, with a brooding score by Mike Hewer. Man-on-the-edge Stephen Moyer does intensity well and looks lovely naked.

~ Martin Gray -

It's stylish stuff, professionally put together in a post-Taggart way, with a brooding score by Mike Hewer. Man-on-the-edge Stephen Moyer does intensity well and looks lovely naked.

~ Martin Gray -

The camera is an inquisitive eye and the actors respond to this mime show with admirable seriousness.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The camera is an inquisitive eye and the actors respond to this mime show with admirable seriousness.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a portrait of Babylon, before Aids and the Nineties doused its fire, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato's film captures the mood of decadence unchained

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a portrait of Babylon, before Aids and the Nineties doused its fire, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato's film captures the mood of decadence unchained

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Kramer has made an imaginative, entertaining, personal and wonderfully positive film.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Kramer has made an imaginative, entertaining, personal and wonderfully positive film.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Smart, time-compressing cuts, with long close-ups and severe editing, produce a fast-moving film.

~ Max Blinkhorn -

Smart, time-compressing cuts, with long close-ups and severe editing, produce a fast-moving film.

~ Max Blinkhorn -

The only real surprise is that the story follows such a predictable pattern. Some might call this tragedy; I call it lazy.

~ Martin Gray -

The only real surprise is that the story follows such a predictable pattern. Some might call this tragedy; I call it lazy.

~ Martin Gray -

Another assured debut from a small country of fine rebellious filmmakers.

~ Trinity -

Another assured debut from a small country of fine rebellious filmmakers.

~ Trinity -

The less said about this dishevelled misogynistic piece of detritus the better.

~ David Stanners -

The less said about this dishevelled misogynistic piece of detritus the better.

~ David Stanners -

Drab and strangely unfocused.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Drab and strangely unfocused.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What makes My Architect different from art docs that rely on talking heads, gallery discourses and dodgy memories is the personal touch.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What makes My Architect different from art docs that rely on talking heads, gallery discourses and dodgy memories is the personal touch.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Penn is powerful; Bacon is sharp; Robbins is troubled; Fishburne is alert. Having them here is a privilege and a pleasure

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Penn is powerful; Bacon is sharp; Robbins is troubled; Fishburne is alert. Having them here is a privilege and a pleasure

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The killings are too abundant, with no emotion or drama attached.

~ Gator MacReady -

The killings are too abundant, with no emotion or drama attached.

~ Gator MacReady -

Each scene seems to be played out a bit too much: not languid, but interminable.

~ Trinity -

Each scene seems to be played out a bit too much: not languid, but interminable.

~ Trinity -

The story is tragic, the writing wonderful and the narration sensitively read.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The story is tragic, the writing wonderful and the narration sensitively read.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Writer/director Lisa Cholodenko dispenses with cliche in favour of genuine characterisation and her script is a paragon of understatement.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Writer/director Lisa Cholodenko dispenses with cliche in favour of genuine characterisation and her script is a paragon of understatement.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is something about the purity and simplicity of a film like Ali Reza-Amni's Letters on the Wind that overwhelms me.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

There is something about the purity and simplicity of a film like Ali Reza-Amni's Letters on the Wind that overwhelms me.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Despite a strong performance from Larisa Kalpokaite, all sad eyes and glossy brown hair, it is difficult to become emotionally involved in the plot.

~ Claire Sawers -

Despite a strong performance from Larisa Kalpokaite, all sad eyes and glossy brown hair, it is difficult to become emotionally involved in the plot.

~ Claire Sawers -

A disturbing, exquisitely constructed short animated film.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A disturbing, exquisitely constructed short animated film.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Pineyro uses careful signposting and symbolism as part of a greater statement of this turbulent time in Argentina's history.

~ Trinity -

Pineyro uses careful signposting and symbolism as part of a greater statement of this turbulent time in Argentina's history.

~ Trinity -

The story is sillier than any animation since Jem &The Holograms, but is perfectly crafted to mix with Daft Punk's music.

~ George Williamson -

The story is sillier than any animation since Jem &The Holograms, but is perfectly crafted to mix with Daft Punk's music.

~ George Williamson -

The treatment of the subject matter is deeply irresponsible.

~ David Haviland -

The treatment of the subject matter is deeply irresponsible.

~ David Haviland -

Owen is fine when looking moody, but not so good when given dialogue - it seems too staged, too deliberate.

~ Trinity -

Owen is fine when looking moody, but not so good when given dialogue - it seems too staged, too deliberate.

~ Trinity -

Vital, if unpleasant, viewing.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Vital, if unpleasant, viewing.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A great film made on a minuscule budget.

~ George Williamson -

A great film made on a minuscule budget.

~ George Williamson -

Sadly, there are no barfights, bank robberies or jailbreaks in this 'un.

~ Gator MacReady -

Sadly, there are no barfights, bank robberies or jailbreaks in this 'un.

~ Gator MacReady -

Even the high quality of acting fails to inject any sense into the proceedings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even the high quality of acting fails to inject any sense into the proceedings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Fraught and anxious, yet enigmatic, Turturro's performance is beautifully understated.

~ David Stanners -

Fraught and anxious, yet enigmatic, Turturro's performance is beautifully understated.

~ David Stanners -

The script remains true to itself and does not fall back on sentimentality, although there is no running plot, rather a series of incidents.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The script remains true to itself and does not fall back on sentimentality, although there is no running plot, rather a series of incidents.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The decision to concentrate on the music is both a blessing and a curse.

~ Trinity -

The decision to concentrate on the music is both a blessing and a curse.

~ Trinity -

That the director has a talent for producing an unsettling mood is apparent from the outset.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

That the director has a talent for producing an unsettling mood is apparent from the outset.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

There is barely five minutes worth of things to say in this seemingly never-ending twaddle.

~ Gator MacReady -

There is barely five minutes worth of things to say in this seemingly never-ending twaddle.

~ Gator MacReady -

The most successful part of the film is its simplicity.

~ Trinity -

The most successful part of the film is its simplicity.

~ Trinity -

Demme and LaGravenese have done a decent job in documenting what is undoubtedly the most important era in modern US cinema.

~ David Stanners -

Demme and LaGravenese have done a decent job in documenting what is undoubtedly the most important era in modern US cinema.

~ David Stanners -

Chris Shepherd... reflects history's distorted mirror particularly well.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Chris Shepherd... reflects history's distorted mirror particularly well.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Unobtrusive direction, naturalistic performances and humanist sentiment are de rigeur, along with sequences of guys driving around, as well as, more often than not, impenetrable night-for-night visuals.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Unobtrusive direction, naturalistic performances and humanist sentiment are de rigeur, along with sequences of guys driving around, as well as, more often than not, impenetrable night-for-night visuals.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The Cremaster films are works of art in the sense that the critical faculties you use whilst watching them are ones you might more normally use in, say, the Tate Modern, than in an art house cinema.

~ Chris -

The Cremaster films are works of art in the sense that the critical faculties you use whilst watching them are ones you might more normally use in, say, the Tate Modern, than in an art house cinema.

~ Chris -

As it would have probably taken another 30 hours to prise out more substantial detail from the man, you have to give Stone credit where it is due.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As it would have probably taken another 30 hours to prise out more substantial detail from the man, you have to give Stone credit where it is due.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shot entirely digitally, King manages to use the medium perfectly, adding to the feeling of suburban seediness and heightening a sense of alienation.

~ George Williamson -

Shot entirely digitally, King manages to use the medium perfectly, adding to the feeling of suburban seediness and heightening a sense of alienation.

~ George Williamson -

Twentysomething French director Jerome Bonnell displays incredible maturity beyond his years.

~ David Stanners -

Twentysomething French director Jerome Bonnell displays incredible maturity beyond his years.

~ David Stanners -

By erasing the difficult stuff and concentrating on the triumphs, Schickel lets his audience down.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

By erasing the difficult stuff and concentrating on the triumphs, Schickel lets his audience down.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Though none of the young leads play a particularly personable character, it is a testament to the overall quality of the piece - writing, direction and performances alike - that one nevertheless feels for them.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Though none of the young leads play a particularly personable character, it is a testament to the overall quality of the piece - writing, direction and performances alike - that one nevertheless feels for them.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A horrifying, endearing, contradictory, moving masterpiece.

~ Trinity -

A horrifying, endearing, contradictory, moving masterpiece.

~ Trinity -

Graff has created a unique piece of work that will, eventually, receive its standing ovation.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Graff has created a unique piece of work that will, eventually, receive its standing ovation.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If it weren't for the fact that A Boy's Life is set in the bedrock of white trash Mississippi, this would be no more than an extended social services report.

~ David Stanners -

If it weren't for the fact that A Boy's Life is set in the bedrock of white trash Mississippi, this would be no more than an extended social services report.

~ David Stanners -

This is a simple tale, carrying simple messages.

~ David Stanners -

This is a simple tale, carrying simple messages.

~ David Stanners -

the subject matter is powerful, although the relationship between the young daughter of a Kurdish rebel and her army officer captor/husband/torturer could have been explored in more depth.

~ Trinity -

the subject matter is powerful, although the relationship between the young daughter of a Kurdish rebel and her army officer captor/husband/torturer could have been explored in more depth.

~ Trinity -

A confident, assured and mature handling of the coming of age story.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A confident, assured and mature handling of the coming of age story.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Everything about this film is a surprise.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Everything about this film is a surprise.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Robert Kechichian manages to build a keen sense of this darkness and tension.

~ George Williamson -

Robert Kechichian manages to build a keen sense of this darkness and tension.

~ George Williamson -

Hugely imaginative.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Hugely imaginative.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The animation is inspired, the script hilarious.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The animation is inspired, the script hilarious.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The performances are finely nuanced, capturing the complexities of real life individuals and avoiding caricature.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The performances are finely nuanced, capturing the complexities of real life individuals and avoiding caricature.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

There is an air of worthiness hanging over this film, like a fug.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is an air of worthiness hanging over this film, like a fug.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Without wanting to sound like the marketing director for Cliché City, the film is heartwarming, life enhancing and full of love.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Without wanting to sound like the marketing director for Cliché City, the film is heartwarming, life enhancing and full of love.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A thoroughly enjoyable exploration of family life, without mum, and neatly encapsulates an era.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A thoroughly enjoyable exploration of family life, without mum, and neatly encapsulates an era.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Richard Jobson's debut is full of abiding images that linger long after the final credits.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Richard Jobson's debut is full of abiding images that linger long after the final credits.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bethmann understands the situation well, but her closeness to the teenager and the personal character that the film takes on as a result is something else.

~ Jennie Kermode -

So carefully balanced is this that the film could almost have emerged as a romcom, and it’s that possibility, that clash between the absurdity that cinema has taught us to expect and the bitterness of real life, that makes it so effective.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Through the lens of the men’s romance, Onir takes in a good deal more, exploring the complex realities behind assumptions of prejudice and the myriad factors that go into making each of us who we are.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Throughout the film there is a sense of play, and even as the story evolves to take on darker material, something of that lightness, that happy-go-lucky quality remains.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film hinges on amazing vocal work by Lalama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s a genuine unpredictability to Honey Bunch, both structurally and thematically.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where the episodes work is when they have a driving, kinetic energy about them. When they don't it's repetitious loop.

~ Donald Munro -

The film, directed by feature debutant Shaun Dozier, retains the density of dialogue you might expect from a stage play but, by leaning into the theatrical nature of the proceedings, Dozier is in some ways able to make this into a virtue.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Coogan is well cast in this tricky role, moving easily from humour to heartbreak..

~ Jennie Kermode -

Manizha Bakhtari may not be a household name but after watching Natalie Halla’s documentary you’re likely to think she ought to be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sung’s own camera plays tricks, placing objects too close in the foreground so that parts of an image are out of focus, like an incomplete memory.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The concept, narrative, dialogue, cinematography and action sequences are elements of Scanners that can't be faulted.

~ Donald Munro -

The film hangs on Pemberton’s performance, and he imbues Doug with a sweetness that makes us feel for him despite his deeply misguided actions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The screenplay written by the filmmaker and Andrea Piva is a proper masterwork, from the basic plotting to the intelligent, insightful dialogue.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

From the start, there is something different about this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite the anger at the unfairness of what has gone before, this is ultimately a warm-hearted, life-affirming film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is a ride, okay, and it is a bit nauseating and therefore not sterile.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

It’s also striking to think that when Leila is looking forward into the future, she is already, in some senses, looking at our recent past, which only reinforces the sense of the cyclical and ongoing nature of her themes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Thorne still comes across as being at the stage where many aspects of her work are experimental. She’s yet to settle into her style.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Having set up all the elements of a thriller, the film proceeds to untangle them in a refreshingly different and mature way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Once again, Guiraudie proves himself the master of setting up a mystery by the means of perfect script economy that functions strictly on “need to know” basis.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

The director shows how it’s not just Julie’s tennis skills that have been groomed by the coach but large aspects of her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s ironic that a film about a family who have built a perfect facsimile of a life for themselves should feel so overly constructed itself

~ Amber Wilkinson -