Certainly Soderbergh gives you a sense of the boredom of war - as the days tick by on the screen, you feel your own will to live begin to falter.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Certainly Soderbergh gives you a sense of the boredom of war - as the days tick by on the screen, you feel your own will to live begin to falter.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Considering each aspect individually, this is a picture of outstanding quality, from the strong cast to the photography and haunting soundtrack to the acute character studies.

~ Emma Slawinski -

Considering each aspect individually, this is a picture of outstanding quality, from the strong cast to the photography and haunting soundtrack to the acute character studies.

~ Emma Slawinski -

This quiet, unfussy film feels more important than a whole host of glossy blockbusters.

~ Anton Bitel -

This quiet, unfussy film feels more important than a whole host of glossy blockbusters.

~ Anton Bitel -

Rourke brings a staggering amount of emotional weight to the role of Randy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Rourke brings a staggering amount of emotional weight to the role of Randy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shyness has rarely had such a threatening undercurrent.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shyness has rarely had such a threatening undercurrent.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Teachers everywhere will give a smile of recognition as an experienced teacher takes a new colleague through his class list – “nice, nice, not nice, not nice at all…”

~ Val Kermode -

Teachers everywhere will give a smile of recognition as an experienced teacher takes a new colleague through his class list – “nice, nice, not nice, not nice at all…”

~ Val Kermode -

Dvortsevoy shows us the fragility of life, through the birth and death of lambs, while also touching on the innate stoicism of families who live in this toughest of environments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Dvortsevoy shows us the fragility of life, through the birth and death of lambs, while also touching on the innate stoicism of families who live in this toughest of environments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The nature of delusion and fixation has been explored many times in cinema, but rarely with such grim and gripping intensity.

~ Jeff Robson -

The nature of delusion and fixation has been explored many times in cinema, but rarely with such grim and gripping intensity.

~ Jeff Robson -

The issue of sex is carefully handled and the trajectory the pair take has a fumbling, teenage quality that makes it easy to believe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The issue of sex is carefully handled and the trajectory the pair take has a fumbling, teenage quality that makes it easy to believe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Martel expertly compounds ambiguities without ever abandoning the apparent naturalism of her presentation.

~ Anton Bitel -

Martel expertly compounds ambiguities without ever abandoning the apparent naturalism of her presentation.

~ Anton Bitel -