Critics reviews

In a brilliant, subtle performance, Morton conveys the deep loss that suicide leaves behind, while also tapping into a total sense of reckless abandon. Ramsay amplifies the performance with an understanding of image and aural effect; the movie at times feels like the unleashing of a torrent of despair that can only be drowned out by the blaring of pop music in cheap headphones. Anything to keep the reaper away.

Played magnificently by Samantha Morton, the title character of Lynne Ramsay's second feature is an existential protagonist in the tradition of Albert Camus' Meursault. She has no morality and no ambitions; she is capable of both friendship and betrayal, entering into either seemingly without motivation. Ramsay doesn't attempt to probe the character's inner life; rather she delivers a rich sensory experience that channels the excitement of Morvern's moment-to-moment existence.