Although made, and set, in the late 1990's (the youngest son has a poster for the Trainspotting movie on his bedroom wall), this British TV drama has the look and feel of one of the 1960's "kitchen sink" dramas which the BBC also made. It's a movie about emotions, feelings and reasons, not action. Whilst parts of the plot seem ill conceived, the questions it provokes about "what makes us into the people we are?" are valid and well drawn out.
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jdemaria-5649031 December 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This is a very bad movie. Bad story. Bad acting. Zero character development. Way too long. One of the worst endings I have seen in a very long time of viewing movies. The director seemed to care less about the victim than the killer.
Every scene made me dislike the parents more. Literally doing everything they can to protect their rapist-murderer son. Awful.
The brother also beats up an in corny kid for no reason, but then just forgives his brother of the murder he thought the other kid did.
Hypocritical and scary. This has happened in real life in so many ways and I just found myself routing against all the main characters the entire time. Epic fail.
Every scene made me dislike the parents more. Literally doing everything they can to protect their rapist-murderer son. Awful.
The brother also beats up an in corny kid for no reason, but then just forgives his brother of the murder he thought the other kid did.
Hypocritical and scary. This has happened in real life in so many ways and I just found myself routing against all the main characters the entire time. Epic fail.
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