Social and magical realism merge in Andrea Arnold’s scintillating Thames Estuary fable about the friendship between a latchkey kid and a smiling wanderer searching for home.
Andrea Arnold returns with a stylish but shambling teen road movie starring charismatic newcomer Sasha Lane and Shia LaBeouf.
By Josh Winning
Though passionate and faithful, Andrea Arnold’s film is striking but staggers toward a lethargic climax.
Lean, empathetic and dramatically credible portrait of desperation and desire on the cider-splashed streets of adolescence.
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