Critic Reviews

• Dave Calhoun, Time Out

  A strangely intimate and powerful depiction of time passing and the peaks and troughs of childhood.

• Donald Clarke, Irish Times

  Utilising fluid shots of the English countryside set to one of Michael Nyman's most dynamic scores, Winterbottom makes something surprisingly lyrical of the non-story

• Tom Dawson, The List

  It deserves its cinematic release, thanks to its lingering, poetic-realist images of uncluttered Norfolk landscapes and to Michael Nyman's yearning score.

• MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher

  The sense that we're peeking in on the life of a family under exceptional stress is profound...

• Philip French, Observer [UK]

  It's a sad, undramatic, well observed slice of minimalist realism, an interesting experiment in helping us to share the experience of time slowly passing. But little more.

• Allan Hunter, Daily Express

  It is a sensitive, understated film but it does require a good deal of patience on the part of the viewer.

• , This is London

  The performances are suitably naturalistic but the script is weak. It often feels like a lazy, if worthy, attempt to convince middle-class audiences that prisoners are human beings.

• Alex Zane, Sun Online

  [A] resolutely realistic drama about a prisoner and his family visits.

• Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

  Another great success for the endlessly creative and productive Winterbottom.

• Nigel Andrews, Financial Times

  It's often affecting; sometimes gently luminous; finally ever so slightly "so what?"

• Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph

  For all its innovativeness, Everyday has the rhythms and intrigue of a not-very-interesting family's Christmas letters.

• David Jenkins, Little White Lies

  Heartbreaking but never hysterical, sage but never stodgy, challenging but never confusing.

• Elliott Noble, Sky Movies

  With each chapter covering no more than a few days a year, mainly around her prison visits or his rare days on release, the pair create a credibly stagnant relationship. Forced to snatch whatever intimacy they can, their frustration is palpable.

• Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

  It's ultimately let down by its resolutely minimalist approach to both plot and dialogue.

• Kevin Harley, Total Film

  Although detractors might wish for something more profound, capturing the poignant pointlessness of life passing by feels like a noble pursuit in itself.

• Shaun Munro, What Culture

  An affable kitchen sink drama distinguished by astonishing turns from the kids Michael Winterbottom watched grow over five years.

• David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

  ...hopelessly uninvolving for much of its brief-yet-not-brief-enough running time.

• David Sexton, This is London

  This could have been your average prison drama, all nasty warders and slamming doors. But it's not.

• Catherine Shoard, Guardian [UK]

  This is a strange and stirring film, which combines a Malick-ish concern with the emotional import of nature with a rare charm and levity. Everyday is a red letter treat.

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