Reviews
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

February 13, 2025
7.0
We start with a fairly traumatic car accident that goes some way in explaining just why, many years later, the sheep farming “Michael” (Christopher Abbott) is living with his immobile dad (Colm Meaney) and living a fairly unfulfilled life. Their neighbour calls to advise that a couple of his rams have been found dead on their farm and so when he goes to investigate, we meet “Caroline” (Nora-Jane Noone) who used to be his girlfriend before she left him for “Gary” (Paul Ready) and they had son “Jack” (Barry Keoghan). With no evidence of the corpses, he heads to the market to buy replacements only to find that his neighbours haven’t been straight with him and that there’s quite enough history here to ensure that “Michael” keeps his mouth shut. Meantime, things aren’t proving much better for the couple next door as their farm is struggling to pay it’s way and when their young son comes up with an unilateral scheme with his thuggish cousin “Lee” (Aaron Heffernan) to raise, rather brutally, some extra cash then things turn violent and dangerous now with just about every element of trust out the window! This isn’t a mystery for the squeamish as it highlights some of the real difficulties faced by hill farmers facing financial difficulties trying to make their inhospitable land pay. The story itself here is a bit of a mess, and though it does gradually start to make a little sense towards the end, for the most part it seems a little too thinly stretched and reliant on the time-shifting chronology to tell us an under-characterised story from differing perspectives as the threads rather far-fetchedly come together at the end. It’s a fine looking film offering an authentic look at a barely better than subsistence form of life populated by folks suspicious of newcomers and of each other, but I couldn’t help but feel this needed a much firmer hand on the storytelling front and Keoghan just too old for the part. Abbott delivers well, and it’s still worth a watch - but television in due course ought to be fine.

Recommendation Movies

7.3
Drama
View
7.3
The Swimmer
The Swimmer1968
4.4
Thriller
View
4.4
Indiscretion
Indiscretion2016
5.4
Drama
View
5.4
A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On
A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On2022
6.6
Comedy
View
6.6
Garage
Garage2007
6.5
Horror
View
6.5
Claws
Claws2024
6.4
Music
View
6.4
Midas Man
Midas Man2024
6.4
Comedy
View
6.4
The Magic Gloves
The Magic Gloves2003
4.7
Comedy
View
4.7
Limited Life
Limited Life1989
6.7
Drama
View
6.7
Sometimes I Think About Dying
Sometimes I Think About Dying2024
6.6
Adventure
View
6.6
The Last Circus
The Last Circus2010
6
Thriller
View
6
The Surfer
The Surfer2025
5.4
Action
View
5.4
Gunner
Gunner2024
6.3
Drama
View
6.3
Compliance
Compliance2012
6.9
Drama
View
6.9
All We Imagine as Light
All We Imagine as Light2024
6.6
Action
View
6.6
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest1990
6.6
Horror
View
6.6
Stir of Echoes
Stir of Echoes1999
7.3
Thriller
View
7.3
Holy Spider
Holy Spider2022
6.3
Drama
View
6.3
Black Bag
Black Bag2025
6.9
Comedy
View
6.9
A Different Man
A Different Man2024
7.7
Action
View
7.7
The Promised Land
The Promised Land2023
© 2025 MoovieTime. All rights reserved.Made with Nuxt