Reviews for this film from our members:
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: There’s a nasty cycle suggested by the way this prison operates.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: All of the British prison slang makes the dialogue a little inscrutable, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. The authenticity is appreciated and it adds to what makes Starred Up the credible drama that it is.
- Blake Howard @ Graffiti with Punctuation
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Could be the most realistic depiction of the horribleness and the ineffectiveness of institutional incarceration — on levels that impact both the individual and society on the whole — that I’ve ever seen.
- Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: The major takeaway of “Starred Up” is that O’Connell’s star-making, watchably electric breakout cannot be ignored.
- Carson Lund @ In Review Online
- Excerpt: Starred Up is such a potent depiction of lethal energies simmering, colliding, and exploding that its drama comes across forcefully even before the assistance of any character exposition. At its best, it’s gracefully physical filmmaking.
- Michael Pattison @ Sight & Sound
- João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Um dos melhores filmes prisionais dos últimos anos.
- Kristy Puchko @ Cinema Blend
- Excerpt: It’s a supreme work of suspense set alight by fearless and flawless performances.
- Jonathan Richards @ www.jonrichardsplace.com
- Excerpt: The movie devolves into a bit of sentimentality toward the end, but the tone overall is anything but that. The performances are terrific, and O’Connell is able to show us the flicker of sensitivity inside the brutalized package that is the man-child Eric Love.
- Craig Skinner @ Film Divider
- Sarah Ward @ artsHub
- George Zervopoulos @ moviesltd.gr [Greek]
