this movie is unbelievably great. the acting by andrew garfield especially is unbelievable. it is a subtle, quiet film, but one that you should definitely watch.

A young man is released from prison following ten years of incarceration for his involvement in killing a ten-year-old girl. A supervisor aids him in surviving in the outside world, of which he knows surprisingly little, yet this doesn’t help much as media condemns him as a monster (the favourite term English tabloids use when describing children who kill) and desperately tries to find him. Even though I think this film is needed, I also think it is more evidently than eloquently written, not allowing what I think would be letting the viewer think for her-or-himself using more subtle methods, thus letting in more breadth and humanity. To its strength, the film is very well-played, has excellent Kubrick-esque cinematography (just see the courtroom imagery and I think you’ll see what I mean) and is singular in more ways than one. It is interesting to see that while adults who kill children are often – in the USA, according to report from the documentary “When Kids Get Life”, viewable for free – children are often utterly condemned, as is the famous case with Mary Bell.