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Jellyfish

2018

James Gardner

Liv Hill, Sinead Matthews, Cyril Nri, Angus Barnett, Tomos Eames

6.8

152

Drama Fifteen-year-old Sarah Taylor exists in the eye of the storm. The sole caretaker of her family, including precocious twin siblings and a manic-depressive mother who spends most of her time in bed, Sarah runs from school to home to work each and every day. Yet, despite her Herculean efforts to put food on the table and keep the electricity on, she is still forced to engage with more dehumanizing ways to make a few extra bucks-so it's no ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Keith Uhlich The Hollywood Reporter	"This is something new (...) It feels like a missed opportunity"
		Cath Clarke The Guardian	"It’s a striking directorial debut by James Gardner, and has an astonishingly good performance by Liv Hil (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"While 'Jellyfish's narrative arc has conventional contours, there are still tender and touching moments"
		Jason Bailey Village Voice	"Hill is a surefire dynamo, wresting control of the screen; her work is fierce, bitter, funny, and heartbreaking"
		Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"Repetitive (...) [It trades] in flavors of counterfeit realism, which always feels phonier than the out-in-out surreal."
		Fabien Lemercier Cineuropa	"'Jellyfish' is a testament to James Gardner's filmmaking talent, demonstrating a real sense of atmosphere and accuracy, and a promising mastery of shots, light (...) and music"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"The official arrival of newcomer Liv Hill, a fiercely intense screen presence, is reason enough to see this film (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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