Usual Britfilm crap. Angsty teenage deprivation blah blah blah. Posh looking student film with nothing going on.

I really liked this

its nice to see minimalism coming from young British filmmakers

felt it was very Bill Douglas, Bresson and Ozu like

Well made but predictable

so happy to see a real piece of cinema, the editing, acting, photography, can be faulted. there always seemed to be a clever nuance at work behind every shot or plot point.
especially love when it cuts between the assembily and the dead sheep while the assembily audio contunies! great.
only thing that let me down a bit was the end, I didnt get that point that the 'day goes on as usual' vibe until I read it after. probably me. Just wish it made more of an effort to give a stronger point at the end, rather than the 'cut to black', then the audiance thinks 'hang on what the hells go going on?' then you work it out yourself ending. anyway, im slightly drunk, and I know that film was fkin ace. x

Excellent, plays with sounds and silence like Bresson or Malick, this director has the grace and economy to tell an almost wordless story of the realitys of childhood (i.e. the boredom, barely contained violence, obsession with fire, bullying, small town life etc). This is one of the best films i've seen on this site and a hell of a lot more involving than Reygadas' monumentally slow Silent Light (which owes and stole much from Dreyer). I look forward to seeing more work from this director. Five stars.