It's hard not to like a movie with the terrific actors Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson in it, and you can add a superb performance from Lyndsey Marshal here, as well. However, this film about a traveling band of criminals, in Northern England, is so full of characters who are so devoid of conscience and border on being despicable, that it prevented me from having any empathy for any of them (except the kids who are trapped in their circumstances).
As other reviewers have mentioned, the accents are so thick that I had to rely on subtitles, and even then there are so many slang expressions used that it was hard to totally grasp the dialog. Also, a strong warning that there are 2 dogs murdered in the movie, one being a police dog. There's extremely raw and explicit language throughout the film as well.
Overall, the acting is most solid and there are some original and interesting concepts here, but the anarchic theme and completely anti- social characters prevented me from really caring about what happened to any of them.
As other reviewers have mentioned, the accents are so thick that I had to rely on subtitles, and even then there are so many slang expressions used that it was hard to totally grasp the dialog. Also, a strong warning that there are 2 dogs murdered in the movie, one being a police dog. There's extremely raw and explicit language throughout the film as well.
Overall, the acting is most solid and there are some original and interesting concepts here, but the anarchic theme and completely anti- social characters prevented me from really caring about what happened to any of them.