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True Things

2021

Harry Wootliff

Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Tom Weston-Jones, Hayley Squires ...

5.6

399

Drama It follows a young woman living on the fringes of society who becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"True Things” thrives on the hot, tense chemistry between its two excellent leads: It’s what pulls the audience through an obstacle course of potentially implausible scenarios"	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"A vindication of the ability of Britain’s tenacious independent sector to continuously innovate and challenge."	POS
United States	Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"Despite strong performances from the two leads, the story sometimes feels inert, nothing like the love it wants to show"	NEU
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"True Things is not a bad film, exactly (...) But it’s unambitious, sometimes clunky and doesn’t wrong-foot us once (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Anna Smith Deadline	!It’s an absorbing, character-driven film that explores female sensuality and longing in all its complexity — and whatever your gender or preferences, its vexing central relationship may well ring a bell."	POS
United States	Sophie Monks Kaufman The Playlist	"A Sexy Romantic Drama With No Sparks Due To Its Bland Characters (...) Occasionally, a scene rises up to hint at the more entertaining film submerged beneath this one"	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"This is a story told in gradients of control, and Wilson (...) brings a nuance to Kate’s desolation that allows the film to keep thawing across a long middle portion defined by the fact that nothing happens"	POS
United States	Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Empathetic but frustrating (...) What 'True Things' is less sure on is signposting a way out (...) But how? (...) After showing how hard life can be, it feels a little bit too easy (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"A flawed but admirable attempt to take the temperature of a dark, modern relationship (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
	David Katz Cineuropa	"It is a relationship study that cuts deeper than most, utterly confident and sincere in its telling of what some people might dismiss as ‘first world problems.’"	POS
United States	Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"Wootliff navigates this thorny landscape with expertise, keeping the film grounded in details and sensory reality (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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