Hard Truths - Reviews

Marianne Jean-Baptiste rages against Hard Truths in bold, biting drama.

...while this film is sometimes unbearably bleak, the tenderness and empathy with which Leigh views her makes it an affecting portrait of a woman in crisis.

Anchored by Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s incendiary performance, this portrait of a woman broken by grief is biting and bleakly witty

There’s humor here – Mike Leigh has always found something darkly funny in our shambling human condition...

Reuniting with Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mike Leigh makes a welcome return to contemporary filmmaking with a searing portrait of a woman on the brink.

...a Mike Leigh classic of day-to-day disillusionment and courage.

The new film from Mike Leigh proves the 81 year-old is still a master of British realist cinema.

...a tragi-comedy character study of near-febrile vitality.

...quiet devastation and laugh-out-loud rants from legendary director Mike Leigh.

Mike Leigh’s compassionate portrait of a woman on the brink.

...Mike Leigh’s best film in more than a decade.

...throws a cinematic gut punch of the highest order. It’s astonishing.

...will make you laugh and cry.

En av de mest påfrestande huvudpersoner jag sett i en film – och det är briljant.

Sorg, känslor av alienation och mental ohälsa omsluter filmen på ett komplext men medmänskligt sätt.