This is one of those movies that is disturbing because it seems like a scenario that could happen in real life, and probably does. I won't go into details because almost anything that I could write about this film would be a spoiler.
Suffice to say, that a family of youngsters makes is forced to make a rash decision out of desperation and then deal with the consequences of their actions. The viewer is then forced confront moral issues that are both difficult and troubling in a complex way. Unlike, the standard Hollywood film - or even the standard English film for that matter, this film is about shades of grey instead of blacks and whites. It is filled with compassion and pathos. A real throwback to the kind of movie that marked the great English cinema of the mid 60's. You can almost see a young Tom Courtney starring in this film if it had been made 3 decades earlier. A wonderful film!
Suffice to say, that a family of youngsters makes is forced to make a rash decision out of desperation and then deal with the consequences of their actions. The viewer is then forced confront moral issues that are both difficult and troubling in a complex way. Unlike, the standard Hollywood film - or even the standard English film for that matter, this film is about shades of grey instead of blacks and whites. It is filled with compassion and pathos. A real throwback to the kind of movie that marked the great English cinema of the mid 60's. You can almost see a young Tom Courtney starring in this film if it had been made 3 decades earlier. A wonderful film!