TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

annecardwell When I saw this film the director gave us a talk afterwards, which nearly as engrossing as the film. It is an amazing and startling story, there was one moment when everyone (in our wonderful local independent cinema in Saffron Walden) literally gasped in unison.This film has an engrossing story, we know this early in the film so this is not a spoiler. A mother abandons her 4 year old child to work for the Nazis, her child later tries to understand her mother. They have been estranged for many years but she tries to make amends with her. Juliet Stevenson is wonderful - well that's a given (I love her, Truly Madly Deeply is one of favourite films ever). She apparently really wanted to make this film and made herself available. But the mother. Well she is something else. She is presented as a rather fail old lady, but she is CHILLING, brilliantly portrayed. Mesmerising. The rest of the cast are all excellent too - I personally liked the boyfriend A LOT!! (eye candy!). I think given the subject matter, we needed that!The story has been a little adapted from real life (was a son not a daughter), afterwards at the Q and A we got to ask some questions, and mostly we asked did THIS really Happen, did she REALLY say that - can that really happen now? The answers were all 'yes'. Jeepers. The budget was tiny by film standards, I seem to remember it was £1m or £2. Astonishing what was achieved, but one does feel a little lack of variety of locations and sets... but it doesn't really matter, thats why I gave it an 8, but maybe I sd just have gone for 10 anyway. The simplicity concentrates the mind on the story. Watch this film, you will find yourself telling all your friends about it as I to the director, Polly, who spoke to the daughter many times, so was very moving. Really a great film. Should be HUGE!

susanmadden Such an incredible film and a true story! It has left a deep impression on myself and my husband. Intergenerations affected by trauma going back 4 generations can easily by translated into today's society. A must view. Lessons to be learnt. And such wonderful acting. The sound track is so aptly written and beautiful. We haven't stopped talking about it.

anthony-19636 This is one of the most appropriately named films I have been to, though "Let me out" would have been better. The underlying story and ambition of the film cannot be faulted, nor can the acting. The script and characterization is however really poor. The tension in the film is not from the film itself but the embarrassed anticipation of which great actor will say something completely unbelievable next. I cringed at almost every scene. Of particular weakness was the character of the granddaughter (Lucy Boynton), who is given the role of blonde dippy air head that had a man written it would have rightly caused outrage at the stereotypical sexism of the role. I couldn't wait for the end, which arroved blissfully unexpectedly in the absence of any punchline

Mark Niznik Powerful as it's based on a true story. Great casting of the main characters. Although the film is about how a family comes to terms with issues of the past, it has many parallels to what's going on around us in the world today. Fantastic soundtrack and camera work. I'd thoroughly recommend seeing this film.