Agatha Dunlop

Addictive watch. Shocking, violent, harrowing and sad, but very informative. Matthew Broderick's performance was brilliantly chilling.

Gripping, tense, brutal. Sometimes confusing and the individual stories didn't tie together as I imagined, but the pain and suffering of WW2 came through. It was good to learn about a true life incident in this war of unsung heroes.

I thought this was going to be amazing at the beginning. Some incredibly tense scenes led me to assume this was going to be devastating study of a family falling apart due to the 'real' horror of tragedy and mental illness. You had to feel some sympathy for Toni Collette's character and all the pain she had been through, and I was struck by the intensity of her performance in the dinner table row scene. However, it was the teenage son whose situation filled me with the most horrow and dread. His psychological terror was not investigated at all. This still could have been an amazing film, up until about half way through. After that, I was completely baffled and overwhelmed with all the strange possibilities and different directions the story seemed to be going in, like a demented fly trying to get out through a closed window. The final scenes were laughable and just plain awful. Deeply disappointing. The closing credit song was very nice though - 'Both Sides Now' (Written by Joni Mitchell and sung by JudyCollins.

Gripping, shocking and yet funny with black humour, it doesn't take long to get attached to characters. But they don't always survive the season! If you liked Breaking Bad, you will probably enjoy this too.

Fun and intriguing to begin with. Soon got tired of Axel and his sister. Some very strange choices made by a character we are supposed to sympathise with. Stunning to look at but as mixed up and as shallow as the Ibiza crowd. Clichéd soundtrack was also disappointing. Boxer was the best thing in it.