Neds
Writer-director Peter Mullan crafts a stunning, brutal portrait of a bright youth's descent into gang crime in Neds. An eight-year break after his knockout The Magdalene Sisters proves not to have dulled Mullan's continuing skill at delivering total movie experiences that combine vivid social critique with astonishing performances by virtual unknowns and felicitous cinematic technique.
(...) A Scottish actor of uncommon range and impact, Mullan has managed as a filmmaker to reinvigorate the musty tradition of kitchen-sink realism with a heightened theatricality, an unflinching view of humanity's tendency for violence and built-in anger (…). In the new film, he encapsulates all of these touches into a withering, intensely focused character study that will haunt viewers sturdy enough to take it in.
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Robert Koehler, Variety
Duration: 124 min
Dialogue: English
Subtitles: Finnish and Swedish
Age limit: K15
