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Wreckers

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A man moves back to his childhood town with his wife to start a family, but a surprise visit from his brother exposes lies from the couple's past.
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Peter Bradshaw Guardian 12/15/2011
3/5
For her debut feature, British film-maker Dictynna Hood has created a brooding drama of rural disquiet and sexual tension. Go to Full Review Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) 12/15/2011
3/5
In a year already stacked with accomplished British debuts, DR Hood's smart, engrossing and well-acted Wreckers deserves to be more than a footnote. Go to Full Review Nigel Andrews Financial Times 12/15/2011
3/5
The structure rambles. The plot sometimes bewitches, sometimes bemuses. The cast works valiantly to keep us caring. Go to Full Review Joseph Walsh CineVue 08/24/2018
3/5
It's clear to see that Hood's skill lies very much as a director. Go to Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) 12/18/2011
It's a promising film. Go to Full Review David Aldridge Radio Times 12/15/2011
2/5
Wreckers blends spells of sheer, watching-paint-dry tedium with sparkier inter-sibling stuff and the odd bout of rural rumpy-pumpy. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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kathy j 04/08/2024 As much as I love viewing the British countryside again and again I'm a city girl at heart and movies like this make me happy once again to have been born in an American ghetto with it's different problems. The quiet hell of the unfortunate in " the woods" makes me profoundly sad. I admire the characters' grit and maturity-such good performances from the cast. See more Kevin L @Lakeman 02/28/2023 Good flick. Foy and Cumberbatch have strong chemistry, helping to solidify their relationship for the viewer. Shaun Evans is good here, too, as the disheveled shell of a brother, Nick. The support in general is fine from McDonald, Matthews, and others. Director/writer D. R. Hood is able to wring out quite a lot of the themes/ideas about family secrets and their dangers, and how much we may well not know about even those people we're the closest to. The family and community dynamics are drawn out slowly and convincingly. Foy's Dawn is a natural caregiver, empathetic and patient. Makes her the one all the fellas want for their own in a way. Sort of a small film, concentrating on the ways we hide and live with our painful pasts, and how to find comfort and healing in the now. But also dealing with those who we may not be ableto help, and how tough that can be to cope with. 3.3 stars See more 05/13/2018 Slow paced but not boring. It keeps your attention until the last minute and left you to think by the ending. A beautiful and thought provoking film. See more Roger G 09/02/2017 Slow and typically British-boring. See more 11/18/2015 One top reviews said it -- everyone was just so horrible to each other. A redeeming quality I found though was in that one Benedict Cumberbatch scene in the beginning :) See more 09/04/2015 This film has been quite torturous to watch - very depressing. Surely in modern day and age there is electricity in English countryside rather than continual darkness? Surely not everyone sleeps with everyone and not everyone in the village has monstrous secrets to hide? There was very little in the film that was convincing. There were some nice country scenes though. See more Read all reviews
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D.R. Hood

Director

Claire Foy

Dawn

Benedict Cumberbatch

David

Shaun Evans

Nick

Peter McDonald

Gary

Sinead Matthews

Sharon

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Movie Info

Synopsis A man moves back to his childhood town with his wife to start a family, but a surprise visit from his brother exposes lies from the couple's past.
Director
D.R. Hood
Producer
Simon Onwurah
Screenwriter
D.R. Hood
Production Co
Likely Story
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 27, 2016
Runtime
1h 25m
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