Silver Haze

It's unusual, it's not like anything you'll see in the cinema... it's terrific.

A messy film, but in a very lifelike and truthful way. Knight and Creed-Miles are amazing.

Silver Haze is a sombre, thoughtful film about depression and what is (and isn’t) likely to promote emotional healing, performed with openness and honesty.

Quite powerful and moving.

This is cinema that fills you with the devastating joy of being human.

It is set in the raw, grim, and gritty reality of working-class life in Britain. Yet the unmistakable sense of hope embedded deep in its core gushes out...

With stylistic choices reminiscent of Andrea Arnold’s Red Road (2006) and Fish Tank (2009), Silver Haze is a candid exploration of trauma and trust.

The normal thing would be to feel pity for the creatures in the film; what they cause is boredom. There is never analysis, but rather gloating in the characters' own cruelty. [Full review in Spanish]

The strength of the protagonist and the rest of the cast gives strength to a film shot with character... [Full review in Spanish]

Between this and Dirty God, Knight has proven herself to be a performer who can make just about any role feel authentic and unshowy, and she makes the most of it once more in this film.