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God's Own Country

2017

Francis Lee

Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart ...

7.0

4,899

Drama. Romance Spring. Yorkshire. Isolated young sheep farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker Gheorghe, employed for the lambing season, ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A rigorously naturalistic drama that yields stirring performances from the collision between taciturn demeanors and roiling emotional undercurrents."	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"This sexy, thoughtful, hopeful film (...) advances a pro-immigration subtext that couldn't be more timely."	POS
United States	Gregory Ellwood The Playlist	"Heartbreaking (...) shines a new spotlight on a familiar story."	POS
United States	Jude Dry IndieWire	"A British 'Brokeback Mountain', but better (...) [an] expertly crafted cinematic debut."	POS
United States	Dan Callahan The Wrap	"What begins as furtive and erotic becomes too distanced and lacking in nuance to succeed"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is a film which lives and dies by the performances which Lee gets from his cast, and these are excellent: sharp, intelligent and emotionally generous (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Terri White Empire	"A dig into the nature of humanity from a director already fluent in the language of brutality and tenderness. A stunning love story that in its finest moments is pure poetry (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"The two actors’ chemistry is genuine and grapefruit-sharp. The film has a cumulative power that sneaks up on you (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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