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Mammal

2016

Rebecca Daly

Rachel Griffiths, Barry Keoghan, Michael McElhatton, Nika McGuigan ...

5.8

126

Drama After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.

	Media	Author	Review
		Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter	"The landscape of grief encompasses both universal and very personal territory, realms that Dublin-set drama Mammal explores with curiosity and compassion, although not always with narrative precision"
		Allan Hunter Screendaily	"The raw vulnerability of the two performances creates a rock solid centre to this delicately handled immersion in love and grief."
		Tara Brady Irish Times	"Brilliant depiction of unspoken needs and muffled emotions (...) The young Barry Keoghan who walks away with the picture (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jason Coyle Scannain	"It can compete with the best of European arthouse cinema (...) [It] is a major Irish film. The cast are excellent, with Griffiths and Keoghan working wonderfully together (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alan Corr RTÉ	"Barry Keoghan and Rachel Griffiths are impressive in this bleak Irish movie about an unlikely romance, but the story ebbs away to an unsatisfactory finale"

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