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A writer's daughter writer drops out of college and is found homeless and speechless on the streets.

Critics Reviews

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Donald Clarke Irish Times 03/19/2018
3/5
Brief, sincere and heartfelt, Unless never goes entirely off the rails. But it never convinces us that the adaptation needed to be attempted. Go to Full Review
Mark Medley Globe and Mail 10/14/2016
2/4
What worked in Shields's quiet, contemplative novel about a family in crisis falls flat on screen. Go to Full Review
Katy Hayes Sunday Times (UK) 04/09/2018
4/5
The film is a beautiful piece of work with a searing truthfulness. Keener plays the parental helplessness with subtle intelligence. Go to Full Review
Sarah Cullen Film Ireland Magazine 03/23/2018
As it goes, the conclusion to Unless is too cut-and-dry to offer any lasting commentary regarding homeless issues. Go to Full Review
Paul Whitington Irish Independent 03/19/2018
4/5
It's a handsome film, soulful but efficient, and Keener and Hannah Gross deliver fine performances. Go to Full Review
Paddy Kehoe RTÉ (Ireland) 03/14/2018
3/5
Alan Gilsenan's adaptation of Carol Shields' final novel Unless has the delicate touch and the humanity that characterise his documentaries. Yet somehow one is left wanting more. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Lori B 08/14/2024 Has somebody who lived this life in the 70s and 80s with my own mother Either on the streets or in prison. This Movie made me struggle with conflicting emotions. I think I understood what she meant by goodness? Homelessness is made up of many different Things, In the In the light of day, the only people that know these struggles and what has happened to them well living on the streets. so many Angels that turn out to be demons. Everybody on the streets has a different story as to why or how. yes, life is a choice. I’ve heard this many times in my 52 years of being on this mangled, beautiful dishevelled earth. there is nothing left that is New to my eyes good or bad. I think the acting in this movie was superb. As a child or parent, It brought me to tears, rushing flow of memories That I never thought I would cry about ever again. Went through all my senses and emotions that I hadn’t felt in a long time. Bravo.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 See more anthony j 01/18/2021 Dull. A short story which should have been a short, interesting film. Instead it became a long tedious film. See more 10/01/2017 In the end, I'm only a little sure I got this. But I still enjoyed watching it and waiting to find out what was really going on. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A writer's daughter writer drops out of college and is found homeless and speechless on the streets.
Director
Alan Gilsenan
Producer
Jennifer Kawaja, Tristan Lynch, Aoife O'Sullivan, Julia Sereny
Screenwriter
Alan Gilsenan
Production Co
Sienna Films Inc.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m