Steve

...is making the clear point that the line separating at-risk youth and the ostensibly put-together adults whose responsibility they are is sometimes so thin as to be near enough invisible.

Cillian Murphy is in awards-worthy form in this powerful film.

...is so intense that it is almost hard to watch.

...the Oscar winner for “Oppenheimer” shines throughout, adding subtlety and grace in places other actors would have ignored.

Cillian Murphy is outstanding in ferocious reform school drama.

...a thoughtful, impassioned film in practice.