The physicality and fluidity of adolesence are brought to the fore by Anna Rose Holmer in her tightly directed debut feature that avoids the bear traps of American coming-of-age cliche to offer a classy, thoughtful character study.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The physicality and fluidity of adolesence are brought to the fore by Anna Rose Holmer in her tightly directed debut feature that avoids the bear traps of American coming-of-age cliche to offer a classy, thoughtful character study.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hasei's story may be simple but it is warm, unsentimental and has plenty to recommend it, particularly for older children.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hasei's story may be simple but it is warm, unsentimental and has plenty to recommend it, particularly for older children.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Emotionally, his film is fully loaded and he nimbly mixes the imagined horror of Mickey's situation with absurd humour and, on the rare moments there is time to draw breath, even a bit of pathos.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Emotionally, his film is fully loaded and he nimbly mixes the imagined horror of Mickey's situation with absurd humour and, on the rare moments there is time to draw breath, even a bit of pathos.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The physicality and fluidity of adolesence are brought to the fore by Anna Rose Holmer in her tightly directed debut feature that avoids the bear traps of American coming-of-age cliche to offer a classy, thoughtful character study.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hasei's story may be simple but it is warm, unsentimental and has plenty to recommend it, particularly for older children.

~ Amber Wilkinson -