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Jellyfish (15)

Drama

Drama in which a young carer discovers her talent for stand up comedy.


The critical consensus

James Gardner's hard-going yet impressive debut has a standout turn from Liv Hill at the fore.

***(*)(*)Karen Krizanovich, The List, 11/02/2019

Definitely interesting, but not entirely successful.

David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 14/02/2019

Liv Hill is astonishingly good as a teenage carer whose talent for comedy transforms her troubled life.

***(*)(*)Cath Clarke, The Guardian, 14/02/2019

Jellyfish is a familiar but compassionately drawn portrait of hardscrabble lives, centred by a terrific performance by Liv Hill.

***(*)(*)Ian Freer, Empire Online, 15/02/2019

A young girl in Margate finds escape from her bleak life through comedy, but there’s no such luck for the audience.

**(*)(*)(*)Simran Hans, The Observer, 17/02/2019

Gardner eschews easy triumphalism by remaining true to his protagonist’s situation and using the film’s Margate setting to weave in a deft critique of the gentrification process turning a blind-eye to people like her.

****(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 18/02/2019

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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