Valia and Kirby work together with wonderful ease, whilst cinematographer Charlotte Hornsby and editor James Codoyannis give key scenes a fluid, volatile quality which keeps us uncertain of how they’re going to develop.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Valia and Kirby work together with wonderful ease, whilst cinematographer Charlotte Hornsby and editor James Codoyannis give key scenes a fluid, volatile quality which keeps us uncertain of how they’re going to develop.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is less concern here with logic than with mood.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is less concern here with logic than with mood.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's not a subtle idea but subtlety may not be what the wider context calls for.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's not a subtle idea but subtlety may not be what the wider context calls for.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The surprises just keep coming in Tim Wardle's documentary, which starts in the realm of the remarkable and is likely to leave jaws dropped by record proportions by the time the credits roll.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The surprises just keep coming in Tim Wardle's documentary, which starts in the realm of the remarkable and is likely to leave jaws dropped by record proportions by the time the credits roll.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Energetic, immediate and defiantly hopeful.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Energetic, immediate and defiantly hopeful.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bertino introduces a parade of cardboard characters whose psychological reflexes only extend to squealing when something goes bang.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bertino introduces a parade of cardboard characters whose psychological reflexes only extend to squealing when something goes bang.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fear does strange things to people, especially teenagers

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Fear does strange things to people, especially teenagers

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's all a bit superficial.

~ Gator MacReady -

It's all a bit superficial.

~ Gator MacReady -

A painful watch.

~ Paul Griffiths -

A painful watch.

~ Paul Griffiths -

This film doesn't so much go from A to B as form a back and forth dialogue with itself, so that there is a sense of circling back to ideas already mentioned and even of foreshadowing elements to come.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This film doesn't so much go from A to B as form a back and forth dialogue with itself, so that there is a sense of circling back to ideas already mentioned and even of foreshadowing elements to come.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With excellent, carefully balanced performances all round and great chemistry within the group, Intimate Strangers is a real pleasure to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With excellent, carefully balanced performances all round and great chemistry within the group, Intimate Strangers is a real pleasure to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Protagonist Adam (Andrew Scott) lives in a neatly furnished home, no longer feels the need to hide his sexuality, and tells himself he’s fine, but the music says otherwise.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Protagonist Adam (Andrew Scott) lives in a neatly furnished home, no longer feels the need to hide his sexuality, and tells himself he’s fine, but the music says otherwise.

~ Jennie Kermode -