Beyond the Fire

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Beyond the Fire

2009

1h 17m

Romance

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Sheamy and Katie's romance begins to unravel when their past's come back to haunt them.

Tim Robey

Empire Magazine

It's frightfully sincere and the sex scenes are a whole new level of unconvincing.

Rated: 1/5

Jun 19, 2009

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David Jenkins

Time Out

As well-intentioned as it is deathly dull, this moody, London-set indie attempts to fuse a sprawling, right-on social agenda with a tenderly wrought mismatched romance and doesn't manage to say anything interesting about either.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 19, 2009

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Ed Potton

Times (UK)

The acting, script and production values rarely rise above film-school level and, once she has drawn him some anatomical diagrams (really!), the bedroom scenes are just awful.

Rated: 1/5

Jun 19, 2009

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Catherine Bray

Film4

Quite simply one of the more embarrassing films we've ever seen, Beyond The Fire is bad in a way that only a film aspiring to deal with a serious, sensitive subject and falling flat on its face can be.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 19, 2009

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Elliott Noble

Sky Cinema

Loathe to say it, but even after the closing stats about rape and the amount of compensation paid out by the Vatican, Beyond The Fire has little more resonance than a Madonna video.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 19, 2009

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Kevin Harley

Total Film

Sin, sexual abuse, erotic salvation... Director Maeve Murphy's thick stew is worthy but heavy like a sledgehammer.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 19, 2009

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A well acted drama about to victims brought together. One is an ex - priest and one is a woman who has been attacked. Its tv feel and cheap quality doesnt mean this is bad as its well acted and interesting. Nice to see Hugh Sachs in something other than Benidorm

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Primarily a relationship story, it skirts around some serious issues to give it its depth.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

Not the greatest film ever, dull and uninteresting!.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Synopsis

Sheamy and Katie's romance begins to unravel when their past's come back to haunt them.

Director: Maeve Murphy
Producer: Helen L. Alexander
Screenwriter: Maeve Murphy
Genre: Romance
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 17m