Andrea Arnold has done well to shift the emphasis from a love story to a dark tale of hatred, cruelty and revenge.

~ Val Kermode -

Andrea Arnold has done well to shift the emphasis from a love story to a dark tale of hatred, cruelty and revenge.

~ Val Kermode -

Arnold has never been one to shy away from the realities of poverty and that clear-sighted view is in evidence here.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Arnold has never been one to shy away from the realities of poverty and that clear-sighted view is in evidence here.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film makes no compromises to its audience.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film makes no compromises to its audience.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Its momentum is overpowering.

~ Chris -

Its momentum is overpowering.

~ Chris -

Arnold’s camera observes the gait of the animals so that right from the start we understand how they are constrained by their distorted bodies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Arnold’s camera observes the gait of the animals so that right from the start we understand how they are constrained by their distorted bodies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Amid all the deprivation Arnold, as is her style, uncovers elements that lift the action out of the ordinary and into the realms of fantasy and magical realism.

~ Richard Mowe -

Amid all the deprivation Arnold, as is her style, uncovers elements that lift the action out of the ordinary and into the realms of fantasy and magical realism.

~ Richard Mowe -

Full of passing vistas, moments of lyricism, raw sex and emotions – all building to a portrait of youths trying to bond together to survive.

~ Richard Mowe -

Full of passing vistas, moments of lyricism, raw sex and emotions – all building to a portrait of youths trying to bond together to survive.

~ Richard Mowe -