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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 02 Feb 2012

It's acted and directed like a sensitive drama, rather than a scary movie, and is all the scarier for it…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 02 Feb 2012

A psychological thriller premised on the self-contagion, and schizoid to-ings and fro-ings, of a mind suffering spiritual culture shock…

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By Mark Stafford (28) for Electric Sheep (203) on 02 Feb 2012

Sean Durkin's debut is a creepy, tense and ambiguous piece of work…

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By Lisa Giles-Keddie (242) for Real.com (194) on 02 Feb 2012

Both filmmaker and star stand to benefit from this excellent and somewhat mesmerising, if fearful and a touch ambiguous psychological ride…

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By Matthew Toomey (680) for ABC Radio Brisbane (680) on 02 Feb 2012

Looking deep into the psyche of this troubled individual, Durkin isn't offering any easy answers... and nor should he be…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 02 Feb 2012

This film has both the strengths and weaknesses of the psychological thriller genre. Mental states are hard to depict…

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By Henry Fitzherbert (699) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 01 Feb 2012

Suspenseful, memorable, thought-provoking and psychologically credible, brilliantly acted all round…

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By Chris Fyvie (70) for The Skinny (809) on 01 Feb 2012

Sean Durkin's astonishingly assured debut as writer/director is a haunting meditation on identity, manipulation and abuse…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 31 Jan 2012

Once we've got over the frustration of this promising film's abrupt ending, we're left with the feeling that you can escape a cult but you…

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By Siobhan Synnot (412) for Scotsman (1,471) on 29 Jan 2012

Writer-director Sean Durkin's psychological thriller is first woozily unsettling and then coolly shocking. Olsen and Hawkes are remarkable…

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By Ian Freer (515) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 29 Jan 2012

Rough around the edges and too ambiguous for some tastes, this is grim but clever, insidiously creepy and affecting…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 28 Jan 2012

A movie for film lovers who can handle disturbing subjects about the human condition and do not feel the need to see a cute puppy in every film…

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By Shaun Munro (472) for What Culture (594) on 25 Jan 2012

The film's already gut-wrenching sense of paranoia and dread is wholly accentuated by Elizabeth Olsen's searing, nuanced breakthrough performance…

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By Emma Dibdin (195) for Total Film (3,532) on 23 Jan 2012

A stunningly assured, elegantly crafted and profoundly disturbing portrait of a traumatised mind…

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By Belmsher (18) on 20 Jan 2012

Althought not as good as Black Swan, MMMM is certainly the best psychological thriller of 2011. Olsen is an absolute surprise…

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By Richard Knight (277) for Knight at the Movies (62) on 13 Jan 2012

Hypnotic and profoundly disturbing. I think this psychological thriller is one of the year's best films…

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By Aozeta (21) on 27 Dec 2011

I never expected this film to glue me to the screen. Mention-worthy performance from Elizabeth Olsen. The cast played their parts well…

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By Wishmaster (95) on 25 Dec 2011

I hate movies that leave me with a question mark at the end, but this takes away what it was a movie that I agree with the expectation until…

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By Lyn (176) on 23 Dec 2011

An interesting exploration of PTSD, and well-acted by all…

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By Leadbox (2) on 16 Dec 2011

I think most people will probably understand this movie logically, but it's vital to understand it deeply, because it talks about how bad she…

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