Reviews

Tye Sheridan is Tye Sheridan, and there are nice turns from Geoffrey Wright and Imogen Poots, but Caleb Landry Jones steals the show, so much so that I'm sure he's destined to be a huge star once he's given the right lead role.

Kieslowski's triumph here is to explore themes that would normally appear fanciful, cheesy or sentimental - a film about dopplegangers exploring existentialism just wouldn't work outside European cinema in my humble opinion.

Despite that, the final half hour or so redeems the film somewhat as Loach hammers home the left wing message of broken Britain.

It's a very "allied" war film as opposed to a European war film, and for that reason alone it will get many of the big awards.

But the way in which Barnard captures them and films the actors is quite brilliant.

There isn't a lot of subtlety in the movie - which is a bit of a distraction.

This film is one of the best films of the year and perhaps one of the best films of the decade.

References to Apocalypse Now and Lord of the Flies are inevitable, but it does feel as if the film is alluding towards a metaphor for the frailties of Colombia or other South American nations even though we're never even told where these events take place.

As is the case with many great films, it is up to the viewer's interpretation.

I was taken in by the film's charm early on and it didn't let up for the whole movie.