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Strawberry Fields (15)

Strawberry Fields (15)

Drama


The critical consensus

Its simplicity is both effective and deceptive–a testament to the script’s intelligence and to the actors’ beguiling (if slightly histrionic) performances.

****(*)Neil Smith, Total Film, 28/06/2012

Beautifully shot and mostly well executed. Lea and her cast are worth looking out for.

***(*)(*)Jessica Lambert, Little White Lies, 05/07/2012

The movie isn't perfect and arguably doesn't quite come together at the end, but it works as an intense and bizarre psychological drama, and the Kent landscape is gorgeously evoked.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 05/07/20123

The film has a slight Play for Today earnestness and lacks a strong ending, but the performances are good and Lea has an eye for a ripe image.

***(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 06/07/2012

The film’s visual assets are clearer than its batty storytelling.

**(*)(*)(*)Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 06/07/2012

I liked this modest film, its unusual setting, its new-folk music (by Troubadour Rose) and its conscious echoes of A Streetcar Named Desire.

Jason Solomons, The Observer, 08/07/2012

[It's] not a bad premise, but first-time director and co-writer Francis Lea never makes it feel particularly believable.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 26/07/2012


Features about Strawberry Fields (15)

Frances Lea: a film-maker who puts women centre-stage

Rachel Cranshaw, The Guardian, 09/07/2012

Where and when?

Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Saturday September 15, 2012, until Monday September 17, 2012. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com

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