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By Graeme Tuckett (166) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 05 Sep 2017

God's Own Country is a very old fashioned love story brought kicking into the 21st century by director/writer Francis Lee's boldness and sheer…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 05 Sep 2017

Sexuality is not a means of escape, but a way of making sense of these demanding lives for both the characters and the audience…

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By James Luxford (227) for Metro (UK) (700) on 04 Sep 2017

Combine that with superb direction, and it will be a must see for Art-House fans who need an intelligent antidote to Hollywood's drab summer…

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By Alistair Ryder (351) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 04 Sep 2017

God's Own Country makes a few forgivable missteps in an otherwise brilliantly assured debut from Francis Lee…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 04 Sep 2017

The film's environment, with its mix of toughness and beauty, is a good match for the simple but robust love story…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 04 Sep 2017

Francis Lee has a background in TV acting, and had only directed a couple of shorts and a documentary prior to this…

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By Alex Davidson (1) for Sight and Sound (827) on 03 Sep 2017

The relationship between the two men isn't the only romance in the film, as the camera slowly falls in love with rural Yorkshire…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 02 Sep 2017

Lee has a lovely eye for symbolic detail - a single light in the farmhouse window glowing through a dawn the colour of slurry emphasises just…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Adelaide Review (243) on 31 Aug 2017

Some have celebrated this one as a queer masterpiece, which it isn't quite…

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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 31 Aug 2017

The setting of the isolated, muddy farm with the lights of a nearby town invitingly close is beautifully captured by Joshua James Richards's camera…

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By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 31 Aug 2017

A film delicately attuned to rural life in all its lyrical and sublime glories, with special credit to cinematographer Joshua James Richards…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 31 Aug 2017

A wonderful portrait of life in a harsh, lonely place, and of romance as a prompt for personal growth and changing traditions…

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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 31 Aug 2017

Some will file God's Own Country under F for fantasy. Others will see it as a portent of rapprochements to come. Either way, it's a winner…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 31 Aug 2017

You'll find yourself getting teary a week later - a potent, haunting meditation on the soul-stirring significance of being open to love…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 30 Aug 2017

As much as a gay romance - touching, awkward, revelatory - God's Own Country is a story about whom we belong to or choose to belong to…

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By Ed Potton (195) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 30 Aug 2017

Francis Lee's splendid directorial debut has been billed as a Yorkshire Brokeback Mountain and there are undeniable parallels…

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By Jamie East (261) for The Sun (UK) (932) on 30 Aug 2017

In truth this movie is definitely a sum of all its parts - a glorious film about responsibility, love and future…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 30 Aug 2017

An exemplary character study, with bold, fully realised performances from O'Connor and Secareanu and typically excellent support from Ian Hart…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for iNews.co.uk (132) on 30 Aug 2017

A deeply affecting, emotionally resonant coming-out story about self-acceptance and the transformative power of love…

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By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 29 Aug 2017

God's Own Country is hard to fault on its own terms and earns the assumption that lies behind any worthwhile movie romance, that love can take…

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