christopherjohn
8Sep11
I would definitely say non-fiction tone poem more than documentary tho.
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Edward Copeland
19Jan12
Director Clio Barnard takes an unusual approach to this documentary about the British playwright Andrea Dunbar and her troubled children. Ultimately, it's all gimmick for a tale that's not that interesting. http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2011/01/that-line-blurs-flurther.html
Michael Harbour
16Jan12
Interesting. Certainly an unusual way to make a film and it works surprisingly well but, really, I wasn't all that engaged most of the time. The scenes from the play "The Arbor" performed in the park were pretty cool, though.
James
9Jan12
It's a harrowing rumination on family legacies and parenting first, a harrowing rumination on how your environment shapes you, and in many ways, traps you, second, and a biography third. Not as hard to watch as it sounds, mostly because the accents are awesome (I was cracking up a lot during the first half of the movie). Well, that, and it's a true, powerful story, relayed to us with verve and originality.
LifeofFiction
9Dec11
It may be the most depressing piece of film you will watch this year, but it never allows the audience to completely lose hope in humanity. Instead it reminds the viewer to take responsibility for their actions whether they are good or bad.
Kyle Lewis
25Nov11
Very experimental but completely works from start to finish. Very strange it was left off the Oscar shortlist.
Xose Manoel Ramos
16Sep11
A historia de fondo é bestial, pero vouna valorar pola súa cinematografía: rodada con tecnoloxías sinxelas, cun aire desenfadado, ... abraiante resultado!
christopherjohn
8Sep11
This film is groundbreaking in its style and succeeds astoundingly well. Actors lip-synching to actual recordings should be as Brechtian it comes, but this accomplishes the opposite effect. I had never heard of the young playwright whose life is told here, but this film makes hard to ever forget her or her family's vicious circle .
nathaniel charles sexton
27Apr11
i own the exact sweater-vest worn by the actor in the middle of the screenshot, just sayin'
Matthew_Lucas
5Apr11
Unique documentary uses actors lip syncing subjects' words to create a chilling portrait of a vicious cycle of generational despair. A mother and a daughter's downward spirals are mirrored in each other. One an unlikely playwright, the other unwanted and out of place. It's original style gives a searing glimpse into cycles of self destruction and how it affects successive generations.
Eirik Smidesang Slåen
22Jan11
Clio Barnard's documentary is a deeply disturbing, but fascinating portrait of the Dunbar family The film is unsettling and weird, - at times almost unbearable, but ultimately a very rewarding experience.. See it, you haven't seen anything like it!
