The Closer We Get

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The Closer We Get

2015

1h 27m

Documentary

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Karen shares her family's story of broken dreams, loyalty and redemption.

David Jenkins

Little White Lies

Cannot wait to see what Guthrie does next, or whether she'll find a story as rich as this one.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 9, 2015

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

It's oddly intimate fare, at times a touch too inward looking ... but honest and heartfelt throughout, driven by an unfashionable desire to heal, rather than merely reopen, old wounds.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 8, 2015

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Kate Muir

Times (UK)

In the adroitly observed The Closer We Get, a family crisis turns into an autobiographical detective story when the film director Karen Guthrie returns home to care for her mother in the seaside town of Largs in North Ayrshire.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 5, 2015

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Katie Smith-Wong

Flick Feast

The Closer We Get is sensitive filmmaking, with Guthrie's careful direction and emotional narrative pulling the heartstrings without too much drama.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 19, 2019

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Matthew Anderson

CineVue

A poignant, unerring and simultaneously heart-warming and heartbreaking portrait of dealing with the demons of an unspoken past.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 8, 2019

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Alison Rowat

The Herald (Scotland)

An honest, beautifully rendered and ultimately heart-breaking reminder that there is no such thing as an ordinary life.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 23, 2018

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Affecting documentary of family relationships, with emphasis on the love/hate feelings that springs from an unorthodox arrangement.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Karen Guthrie

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Karen Guthrie

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Nina Pope

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Synopsis

Karen shares her family's story of broken dreams, loyalty and redemption.

Director: Karen Guthrie
Producer: Karen Guthrie, Nina Pope
Screenwriter: Karen Guthrie
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 27m

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