While the cinematography is obviously amazing, I didn't get along with the way the dialogues are used to sustain the dramatic situations.

A comment a friend said that I rather like; "A kind of painful love surrounds even some of the most unlikeable of characters."

Frustration, anger, and despair with a beautiful finale. "Smile Jamie."

Minimalistic, naturalistic, well-made, insightful, a little poignant. It's length is awkward and the story doesn't feel completely rounded. Still, an impressive piece of film-making.

Some beautiful photography and a handful of wonderful visual moments, but the tone is so relentlessly bleak and spare that it's hard to recommend as entertainment. Plus that German guy Helmut was really creepy.

A heartbreaking little film (barely 45-minutes long); Bill Douglas' directorial debut is a semi-autobiographic, competent film that should be better known. This reminded me a lot of Ken Loach, and although Loach did it before, the amount of dedication and sacrifice put into this film is just amazing. It is, though, a little lifeless (though it probably has been intended to be so), but an overall haunting experience.