An accomplished debut, with chilling performances from the two leads.
Xavier Legrand’s Custody is like a French version of Kramer VS Kramer – but done as a brutal thriller instead of as a tearjerker.
Xavier Legrand’s intense, pressure-cooker drama on a son’s coercion by his angry, macho father certainly builds tension.
Knowingly blending realist grit with generic guile, this unrelentingly tense account of a fragmented family living in constant fear thoroughly merited the Best Director prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Custody starts quietly but by the end you will be holding your breath and perched on the very edge of your seat.
Xavier Legrand’s debut feature is a terrifying study of a father’s destructive rage.
Custody is a masterful exercise in what could be termed Neo-realist horror.
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