Young Adam

Ytligt sett lever filmen på en deckarintrig – men berätttelsen om Joe (Ewan McGregor) och Les (Peter Mullan) är mycket mer än så.

Skitigt, svettigt och sinnligt.

Very good, from its pared-down script through atmospheric photography to spot-on performances.

...the whole film has a satisfying consistency and concentration about it. It's strong on atmosphere...

A movie like Young Adam is above all about the groundlevel lives of its characters. The death of the girl and the plot surrounding it are handled not as a crime or a mystery but as an event that jars characters out of their fixed orbits.