Nothing Personal
Holland-based Polish director Urszula Antoniak's Nothing Personal is an intensely personal and engrossing tale of a ferociously independent young woman's involvement with a kind widower in a remote part of Ireland.
Rea is typically sympathetic and Verbeek brings a unique character to life vividly. At 85 minutes, it's a short film that because of the increasingly absorbing characters many will wish would go on much longer.
– Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter
With minimal dialogue and using the harsh, imposing landscape to great effect, Antoniak leads Verbeek, whose face seems to be carved in anger for the first part of the film, through a gradual but almost imperceptible change. The hard, stony stare and the automatic diffidence melt, step by hesitant step and with them the fear of losing her much prized freedom and having to depend, at least partially, on someone else. Stephen Rea cleverly underplays his role to allow this process room to breathe.
– Dan Fainaru, Screen Daily
Duration: 85 min
Dialogue: English
Age limit: K15
