Little Woods

It's sometimes hard to leave a review of a film that affected you in an emotional way. Sometimes I don't have the words and sometimes I think it's sounds too pretentious and makes the film sound like something it's not. The story is great, the photography is great, the direction is great, the sound track is great, and James and Thompson are both all over their characters. James is just getting better and better all the time but to watch her with someone as good as Thompson where they not only develop their characters but they develop how their characters interact is visual eye and mind candy of the highest order. If you like Hollywood blockbusters don't waste your time on this, this is real cinema at it's best.

Simply put this film is a pretty solid first outing for Nia DaCosta and dodges many of the pitfalls that this movie could easily have fallen into. With balanced danger, tension and sympathy from both the outlaws and the law itself. No preaching or pointing fingers at anyone for the choices being made. Better still, if you look close a justification can be made for every action carried out. Strong performances keep this film together. The setting drains your energy, but the plot keeps you going. Because after all, every single character is just trying to get by and do their "jobs."

Amazing movie that tells a great story and never strays away from the main character. Perfect film, beautifully written, you can feel the sister's struggle, and their determination.

This doesn't have a lot of reviews and it's well worth watching, the best I've seen for a while. Tessa Thompson is a fine actor, outstanding in Thor: Ragnarok (a film I didn't much like) and here she does it again in a totally different part, carrying this film almost alone. All support acting is good too. I'm not going to detail what happens, but some of the material is unusual and interesting - a different kind of drug-dealing. That interest is kept going well, Ollie, the main character, is very sympathetic (having to deal with her idiot-pain of a sister who definitely isn't) and there's plenty of tension. The simple plot is a mite depressing, but people do live like this and Ollie's practical determination gives the hope that problems can be overcome. The direction flagged a bit at times - I'm never a fan of lingering shots - but not too often and the script was fine. Some didn't like the ending, which came as a surprise, but after ten seconds' thought, it was great! Some reviewers complain about casting a black person in this context, and it does bother me when, in the Thor film for example, not only a Valkyrie, but the god Heimdall are both black, which is ridiculous. I don't know this area of the USA but surely in this case it's not that unreasonable. For a well-acted tense drama there hasn't been much around recently to beat this - watch it if you get the chance.

Tight, well acted, the opioid crisis, the flat parts of Texas standing in for Nebraska/Manitoba, what's not to like? Didn't end the way I expected, arguably the ending is flat, but I was able to buy it nevertheless. Also, Texas has yet to adopt the Alabama attack on Roe v Wade, so you don't have to boycott it on those grounds.

Tessa Thompson and Lily James are revelations as sisters who are doing bad things for the right reasons just to make a living. This film grabs you right from the start. Thompson plays a woman who is on probation and trying to get a real job. But finds it difficult having to resort to selling illegal pills across the canadian border. James character as her sister has a son who is struggling to make ends meet. The father of her child tries hard but cant provide. She is now pregnant and realises she cant afford to have a baby. Thompson and James are astonshingly good in a film by a first time director. James and Thompson play raw emotions and grief from the loss of their mother.The cinematography is bleak but beautiful at the same time. The story is not easy to take, but if you love raw indie filmmaking this is for you. The best film ive seen this year.

Exceptionally acted, while plotless day in the life of these two girls. Acting an 8 but Movie is a 4, so 6 makes sense. I say again to people who rate 9's, clearly you must rate Titanic or Midnight Express 18/10 ???