This may be, ironically, rather stagey, but for all its artificiality and slightness, it packs an emotional punch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This may be, ironically, rather stagey, but for all its artificiality and slightness, it packs an emotional punch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is a complete disregard for any kind of consequence or continuity in this film, and you know that the rug could be pulled from under you at any second.

~ Nikola Jovic -

There is a complete disregard for any kind of consequence or continuity in this film, and you know that the rug could be pulled from under you at any second.

~ Nikola Jovic -

Working out where the play-acting stops and the “real” action begins is enough to keep you on the edge of interest.

~ Richard Mowe -

Working out where the play-acting stops and the “real” action begins is enough to keep you on the edge of interest.

~ Richard Mowe -

Many will feel Rubber is a short student film stretched to breaking point and past it, but if you can tune into its whacked-out world-view it should have you smiling all the way through.

~ David Graham -

Many will feel Rubber is a short student film stretched to breaking point and past it, but if you can tune into its whacked-out world-view it should have you smiling all the way through.

~ David Graham -

This whole film isn't just about but on the fly, with Dupieux never letting the pace slip for so much as a few seconds of the short running time.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This whole film isn't just about but on the fly, with Dupieux never letting the pace slip for so much as a few seconds of the short running time.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What makes all this work is the very straightforward and matter-of-fact way in which Dupieux approaches the story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What makes all this work is the very straightforward and matter-of-fact way in which Dupieux approaches the story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The director proves a master of the tragicomic as he observes one man's slip from midlife crisis to madness by way of obsession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director proves a master of the tragicomic as he observes one man's slip from midlife crisis to madness by way of obsession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -