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 -

The festival location works like a charm to inject instant excitement and magic into the story.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

The festival location works like a charm to inject instant excitement and magic into the story.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

Has a real sense of energy and speaks with a distinctive Scottish voice.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Has a real sense of energy and speaks with a distinctive Scottish voice.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mackenzie shows everyone, inmates and guards alike, to be trapped in a corrupted, corrupting system that resists all change.

~ Anton Bitel -

Mackenzie shows everyone, inmates and guards alike, to be trapped in a corrupted, corrupting system that resists all change.

~ Anton Bitel -

There's an awareness here that's missing from many such tales, a more astute take on how disability and society interact.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's an awareness here that's missing from many such tales, a more astute take on how disability and society interact.

~ Jennie Kermode -

When it comes to action, the film doesn't disappoint, and the final scenes of men running around in mud are up there with the best.

~ Jennie Kermode -

When it comes to action, the film doesn't disappoint, and the final scenes of men running around in mud are up there with the best.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mackenzie has a terrific feel for comedy and the performances are beautifully understated.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Mackenzie has a terrific feel for comedy and the performances are beautifully understated.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The plot makes as much sense as a French haggis.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The plot makes as much sense as a French haggis.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The ‘bad guy’ really is the bank itself – or maybe the American Dream, a frothy notion that never had much currency here and is now bankrupt in the face of a recession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The ‘bad guy’ really is the bank itself – or maybe the American Dream, a frothy notion that never had much currency here and is now bankrupt in the face of a recession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A terrific soundtrack and Jamie Bell’s perfectly judged performance and charismatic persona holds it together throughout.

~ Dylan Matthew -

A terrific soundtrack and Jamie Bell’s perfectly judged performance and charismatic persona holds it together throughout.

~ Dylan Matthew -

So studiously edgy are the performances that one is never quite sure who harbours the darkest pathology.

~ Anton Bitel -

So studiously edgy are the performances that one is never quite sure who harbours the darkest pathology.

~ Anton Bitel -