Ray & Liz

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The beginning has a great twist to the plot however the narrative is all down hill once 30 minutes in. Bland plot, bland characters, can't even understand what they're saying half the time shot in 4:3 aspect ratio. No worth a seven star rating.

Having read the right up think i expected to see the confrontation of the children with the parents. Also reading a review after watching that recommends seeing the photographs of the writer/producer to help explain says it all. To me a film should stand alone from sitting down to the end. This film starts in one place, jumps to another minus 2 characters, ends in another. It wasn't that moving, yet could have been.

Truly awful portrayal of UK dysfunctional homelife. Long tedious shots just reinforce the awfulness.

The best image for telling the story of the poorest family.

The film had old 4:3 aspect ratio, and yucky 70s colour palette. It started ugly. Watched an old bloke in a horrid room being poor. After 13 minutes, film depressed me, and couldn't watch any more. Note Saw "Jellyfish" instead and this is definitely worth watching. A real gem

As I work in the community as a mental health crisis nurse this is extremely true to life, even more so in the last 10 years I am very sad to say. Well acted and directed but I have genuine concerns about the young child actors. A child of that age should not be allowed to witness such violence and brandish a knife, they do not have capacity to consent to this and shame on their parents and the production team. I do not understand how the law allows young children to 'act' in such productions. I would actually goes as far as to say that this is a Safeguarding issue.

This film's subject matter is very grim. It's a good piece of filmmaking with some excellent cinematography. But boy! It's so depressing. If you're looking for a feel good film this is not for you. But if you can handle gritty realism you may very well enjoy it.

Dark, upsetting and slightly depressing, brought about by excellent actors, filming and direction. Like the genre of plays like the birthday party, entertaining mr sloane and abigails party it combines tragic with everyday people's lives.

Firstly it's set in the Black Country - NOT Birmingham! Lots of very authentic scenes, very well done. A lot of people will struggle with it, but having been brought up around the same time, I can see the parallels.