Phoenix gives his character more depth than such men are usually afforded but deliberately takes a back seat, allowing Reilly the dramatic lead role he has long deserved.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Phoenix gives his character more depth than such men are usually afforded but deliberately takes a back seat, allowing Reilly the dramatic lead role he has long deserved.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rust And Bone is the rarest of cinematic delights - poignant, provocative and profoundly visceral.

~ Merlin Harries -

Rust And Bone is the rarest of cinematic delights - poignant, provocative and profoundly visceral.

~ Merlin Harries -

The script avoids sentimentality. The performances offer little gratification to romantics.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The script avoids sentimentality. The performances offer little gratification to romantics.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

An unlikely, but highly effective, marriage of arthouse and mainstream sensibilities.

~ Anton Bitel -

An unlikely, but highly effective, marriage of arthouse and mainstream sensibilities.

~ Anton Bitel -

Audiard captures the fluid nature of relationships for a younger generation navigating both on and offline opportunities and, because this is French, it also features plenty of gracefully worked sexual encounters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Audiard captures the fluid nature of relationships for a younger generation navigating both on and offline opportunities and, because this is French, it also features plenty of gracefully worked sexual encounters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Audiard has assembled a remarkable team of actors

~ Richard Mowe -

Audiard has assembled a remarkable team of actors

~ Richard Mowe -

The director is adept at confronting ordinary people with extraordinary situations to test their resilience.

~ Richard Mowe -

The director is adept at confronting ordinary people with extraordinary situations to test their resilience.

~ Richard Mowe -

Jacques Audiard's film isn't intended as a replacement for Toback's wild-eyed and masterly [Fingers], but rather a deliberately assured take on the same material.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Jacques Audiard's film isn't intended as a replacement for Toback's wild-eyed and masterly [Fingers], but rather a deliberately assured take on the same material.

~ Scott Macdonald -