Irish Film Institute -REVIEW ROUNDUP: HERSELF, COPILOT, SWEET THING, THE SERVANT

REVIEW ROUNDUP: HERSELF, COPILOT, SWEET THING, THE SERVANT

This week’s new releases at the Irish Film Institute on Friday September 10th 2021 are Herself, Copilot, Sweet Thing, and a re-release of The Servant.

Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!

 

HERSELF

“This mamma will move you to tears.”
4/5 – The Times UK

“There’s a strong basis of originality here, and the warmth and good nature of the movie carries it along.”
4/5 – The Guardian

“The sudden acknowledgement that a person you once loved doesn’t exist anymore can knock the wind out of you, and Dunne captures that breathless free fall beautifully.”
TIME Magazine

“This is a feminist movie with a Sisyphean dimension that’s disquietingly universal.”
New York Times

 

COPILOT

“Co-written and directed with sensitivity and visual flair by Anne Zohra Berrached, Copilot puts an intimate spin on the devastating events of 9/11.”
4/5 – Empire Magazine

“A lyrical exploration of a woman’s emotional endurance.”
4/5 – Little White Lies

 

SWEET THING

“This small, delicate, late-blooming film is quite lovely, and a throwback to the 1990s/2000s craze for semi-improvised, rough and ready indie film-making.”
4/5 – The Guardian

“A soulful, uplifting, but also heartbreaking look at race and poverty’s impact on troubled childhood.”
3/4 – Roger Ebert

“What makes this simple story special is the style that the writer and director Alexandre Rockwell brings to the screen.”
New York Times

 

THE SERVANT

“It is a brilliant, subversive account of class relations and the changing times.”
5/5 – The Guardian

“The drama is masterfully done and exquisitely played.”
4/5 – The Times (UK)

“Glaciers might be melting, the polar caps might be crumbling, but not even the passage of half a century has taken the frozen edge off this brilliantly icy film.”
Los Angeles Times

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