Female Film Critics 24/375
True Things is not a bad film. But that might be the highest praise I can muster. The acting by Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke is solid and convincing, and Harry Wootliff’s direction has a raw naturalism. Yet it’s a film that I found strangely unengaging and devoid of insight.
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In Clio Barnard’s gripping drama about incest, Ruth Wilson plays an itinerant shepherd who returns to her family’s Yorkshire farm after her father’s death. Challenging her brother’s control of the place, she grapples with haunting memories of childhood abuse. Barnard’s raw, authentic style and Wilson’s spare, understated performance are devastating.
Clio Barnard gives us a glimpse into the hard life of sheep farmers in Yorkshire through the eyes of a
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As the opening credits of Clio Barnard’s Dark River play over a black screen, we hear the landscape before we
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