Fresh
"The Selfish Giant" is a story of dependence, damage and desperation, told with grit and grimy frankness. It's also a portrait of friendship born of need and emptiness, on the road to nowhere.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Overview
A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.
Director and cast
- Clio Barnard Director
- Conner Chapman as Arbor
- Shaun Thomas as Swifty
- Sean Gilder as Kitten
- Lorraine Ashbourne as Mary
- Ian Burfield as Mick Brazil
- Steve Evets as Price Drop Swift
- Siobhan Finneran as Mrs. Swift
- Ralph Ineson as Johnny Jones
- Rebecca Manley as Michelle 'Shelly' Fenton
- Rhys McCoy as Daniel
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant isn't the Oscar Wilde children's story, but more an inspired take on it in the kitchen-sink style of a Ken Loach drama.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
Ultimately, it's a sad, tough sit - but worth seeing for its gritty honesty and strong cast.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
Much of the movie is hard to bear, yet it never drags, thanks to the momentum that Barnard finds in the fable, and, above all, to the energy that she unleashes in her young leads.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
[A] wrenching story of working-poor desperation in northern England.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
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