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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 29 Jul 2018

It's a potent story of individuals and it understands the fear any of us might feel if our place in a family or a community was threatened…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 29 Jul 2018

While undeniably slow and bleakly awkward, [Apostasy] is also as interesting as it is disturbing…

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By Nick Hasted (66) for The Arts Desk (640) on 28 Jul 2018

The director's sonic austerity and sensual attention to people, moorland vistas and rustling canopies of leaves conjures a rich world around…

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By Simran Hans (401) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 28 Jul 2018

Kokotajlo presents this world from the perspective of somebody who has experienced and understands it…

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By Silas T (1) on 28 Jul 2018

I guess if you're an ex-JW this film will hold some interest for you but otherwise it really doesn't tell us anything we don't already know…

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By Tough B (1) on 28 Jul 2018

I guess if you're an ex-JW this film will hold some interest for you but otherwise it really doesn't tell us anything we don't already know…

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By Matthew A (4) on 27 Jul 2018

An insiders view of what drives many of this faith to make the decisions they do. Cutting while sympathetic to its subject matter…

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By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 27 Jul 2018

A quietly devastating drama spoken with a fresh, intriguing cinematic voice…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 26 Jul 2018

The lack of music emphasises the religion's starkness. The pared-down performances do more of the same. A disturbing, unflinching debut…

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By Kevin Maher (647) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 25 Jul 2018

Best of all, this isn't some seething satirical takedown of the Jehovah's Witnesses as a ridiculous and snicker-worthy denomination…

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By Jamie East (261) for The Sun (UK) (932) on 25 Jul 2018

Finneran is stoic and mesmerising in a film awash with resentment, duty and an almost comical level of cruelty - perfectly brought to life…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 25 Jul 2018

Respectful yet sharply critical, the film's specificity about a world rarely seen on screen is gripping, but it's the silent pain of Finneran's…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 25 Jul 2018

It is a piercingly well-observed and heartbreakingly sad drama, but above all, impressively restrained, even when the small, stressed family…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 25 Jul 2018

A scathing critique of inhumanity in the name of religion - in this case, Jehovah's Witnesses - made all the more chilling by its drab colorlessness…

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By Deborah Ross (530) for The Spectator (1,162) on 25 Jul 2018

The script is superbly restrained, as is the direction, which delicately handles extremely painful situations. Nothing is ever clumsily spelled out…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 25 Jul 2018

Emotionally, the film is a baton skilfully passed from Wright to Parkinson, both superb, while Finneran, severe and stricken, remains a constant…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 25 Jul 2018

Well crafted and of noble intent, even if it sometimes feels as if this material might have worked better as a documentary…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 24 Jul 2018

Daniel Kokotajlo's low budget drama Apostasy gives audiences a revealing and very uncomfortable insight into the lives of Jehovah's Witnesses…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 24 Jul 2018

Kokotajlo's first feature is shot in a muted beige glow…

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By Ryan Gilbey (367) for New Statesman (382) on 24 Jul 2018

Apostasy is muted: hushed, still, almost colourless. But don't let that fool you. Its pain is all the more distressing for being muffled…

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