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The Ones Below (TV)

The Ones Below

2015

David Farr

Clémence Poésy, Stephen Campbell Moore, Laura Birn, David Morrissey, Deborah Findlay

5.4

1,135

Thriller. Mystery Kate and Justin are a successful and affluent couple who live in the upstairs flat of a London house. They are expecting their first child. Kate harbours deep-rooted fears about whether she will be able to cope with family life. One day, another couple, Jon and Theresa, move in to the flat below. They are also expecting their first baby but, in stark contrast to Kate, Theresa is full of joy at the prospect of imminent motherhood. Kate ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times	"A masterfully calibrated psychological thriller that deviously plays off of anxieties surrounding contemporary notions of domesticity and identity"	POS
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"A superior genre exercise with plenty of creepy ambiance (...) For all its limited ambitions, The Ones Below serves its purpose as a solid calling card for Farr's filmmaking future"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A thoroughly gripping, horribly absorbing movie (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"There’s plenty to enjoy in the film, starting with a pair of affecting performances by Clémence Poésy and Laura Birn, and ending with a perverse twist on the notion of blissful parenthood"	POS
United States	Andy Webster The New York Times	"Like most effective suspense films or horror movies, it is grounded in a potent subtext (...)The director, David Farr (...) tightens the tension with almost clinical precision"	POS

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