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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 03 Nov 2017

This is human drama as shot through an unfiltered lens, God's Own Country a strong debut hinting at future greatness to come from the undeniably…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 02 Nov 2017

Joshua James Richards's camera also regards human coupling and animal husbandry with the same blunt honesty: it's beautiful, but it's awfully…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original Cin (1,156) on 02 Nov 2017

Actor-turned-director Francis Lee's indie hit conjures rough beauty from a rural Yorkshire setting, careful cinematography, and splendid naturalistic…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 26 Oct 2017

In his debut feature, Lee has crafted a mature love story centered on an immature man facing the fear of even admitting that he needs love…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 25 Oct 2017

Gorgeously shot without romanticizing rural England, it's no Brokeback Mountain but strives to get close to that…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 25 Oct 2017

In the push-pull between Secareanu’s resonant stillness and O’Connor’s barely sublimated intensity, you feel the struggle of two souls…

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By Gregory Wakeman (182) for Metro (930) on 25 Oct 2017

God's Own Country is one of most surprising, touching, and finest of the year…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 25 Oct 2017

A tricky movie, but not in a way that’s dishonest…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for NPR (1,713) on 25 Oct 2017

A former actor himself, Lee directs his leads with subtle assurance…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 24 Oct 2017

Dour in the extreme but also pretty damn sexy, this rural gay romance will certainly have its specialized audience appeal, without the big…

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By Brian Thompson (55) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 24 Oct 2017

God's Own Country builds upon a lingering sense of earned romance, rather than an attraction based on convenience, which is sadly too often…

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By Diego Semerene (203) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 23 Oct 2017

Writer-director Francis Lee captures not only what masculinity does and how it comes undone, but the complex apparatus that keeps it into place…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for New York Times (5,786) on 23 Oct 2017

God’s Own Country weaves a rough magic from Joshua James Richards’s biting cinematography and the story’s slow, unsteady arc from bitter…

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By Randy Shulman (132) for Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (190) on 11 Oct 2017

The actors bring the authenticity of first love to the screen in a way that is exceedingly rare for any movie, Hollywood or otherwise…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 02 Oct 2017

For a film that's just got going, it's decidedly full-on. But it's worth sticking with if you liked Brokeback Mountain…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 14 Sep 2017

Though the film is being widely compared to Brokeback Mountain, writer/director Francis Lee actually creates a far more believable and sympathetic…

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By Anwen Crawford (47) for Australian Book Review (21) on 11 Sep 2017

[Francis] Lee allows more optimism into his film, including the suggestion that agriculture itself might still have a future in England…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 06 Sep 2017

We are in the safe and doubtless calloused hands of a fine storyteller…

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By Ryan Gilbey (367) for New Statesman (382) on 06 Sep 2017

In the crepuscular light of Brexit, the film resembles a symbolic appeal for tenderness at a time of instability, even if it is really something…

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By Tara Brady (805) for Irish Times (1,391) on 05 Sep 2017

Beneath the grey veneer of rural realism, this is a magical film, one of the best you'll see this year…

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