Lauren Socha, Michael Socha, Molly Windsor

In the British Midlands, Lucy lives with an unstable, sometimes violent father. When the local social services step in to rescue her, Lucy leaves the chaos of her family for the uncertain dangers of a...( read more  read more... ) care home. Lucy is left to navigate the social services system that includes arbitrary rules, hostile older kids and, most powerfully, isolation. Almost by instinct, she learns to observe the shifting winds of her reality rather than always daring to react.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.

Directed by: Samantha Morton

Release Date: May 6, 2009

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  • November 28, 2009
    Samantha Morton's directional debut is as good as she could ever make it. I do hope there is a road ahead of her when it comes to direction, but this one certainly didn't blow me out of the water. When I watch a movie, I don't want it to make me think of the imperfections and the...( read more) mistakes. I don't want a movie to make me see the direction, nor do I want to think, "ah, this could have been done better". Which is exactly what happened to me in this film. It's a difficult film to watch in terms of the compassion you feel has been deprived of Lucy, an 11-year-old girl who deserves every bit of love everyone around her failed to give her. Morton is a good amateur director in terms of her handling her actors correctly. But the editing was crude, the so-called "deceiving" of the different camera angles was too obvious, and it seemed like the whole movie was shot in one week - and like each scene only had one take. I'd like to see more of Morton in the future, but her first movie wasn't impressive but rather tried too hard to be.
  • November 21, 2009
    I watched this yesterday night at the opening in TIFF (Thessaloniki International Film Festival). It's a beautiful, sensitive film that deals with a very sensitive subject. Samantha Morton keeps the balance, by being realistic, but at the same time she lets the emotion flowwithou...( read more)t exploiting her audience. Most scenes are slow and they take their time to grow on you. The framing is always accounted for, with rare economy and attention to detail. Molly Windsor, as Lucy remains with you long after you've left the room. I must say I admired the way the director and the screenwriter (Tony Grisoni) handled her relationship with her father. One of the scenes I will never forget, is how she enters the pub where he hangs out, how she sits on the corner of the sofa, just waiting for him to get near her. The conflict of love versus abuse has stricken a very powerful chord, here. I unreservedly give this a 5 out of 5. Good luck with the film, Samantha.
  • November 24, 2009
    Too bad for Morton. I hoped this would be better but at the end it didn't sit well. Robert Carlyle was great and the beginning was captivating but it was just downfall from there on. Some good elements were there, but it's not a great directional debut for Samantha Morton.

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