Stray

If you can meet its pace, and agree to bask in the visuals, the tone, and the performances, the fact that little happens should be of minimal concern.

Thanks to mesmerizing performances and intimate direction, Stray encourages the audience to lean in as [writer/director Dustin] Feneley presents a slice of life dramatic tale of loss and healing.

Stray is simply contemplative and resoundingly lyrical in representing two kinds of nature set against one another: pained human nature and the Great Outdoors joined at the emotional hip

...for those who are willing to try something a bit different, Stray may be a rewarding experience.

It's the kind of indie art-house film that lets you love it for itself.

It's terrifically bracing to watch a character study that doesn't patronise its audience.

Stray is a quiet and internalised film that will demand your attention and compassion to really appreciate. A resolution - of sorts - when it arrives, is conveyed in a single, wordless shot.

While not an apolitical film...Feneley never lets social commentary overpower his narrative, constantly returning to the internal struggle, and never romanticising the damage his protagonists suffer from.

It is an iceberg of a film - what appears above the surface barely scratches at the behemoth of emotion lurking within.