God's Pocket (15)

Drama

When Mickey's crazy step-son Leon is killed in a construction 'accident', nobody in the working class neighborhood of God's Pocket is sorry he's gone. Read more …

Mickey tries to bury the bad news with the body, but when the boy's mother demands the truth, Mickey finds himself stuck in a life-and-death struggle between a body he can't bury, a wife he can't please and a debt he can't pay.

The critical consensus

An uneven debut from John Slattery that nonetheless shows flashes of flair and a jet-black sense of humour.

(*) (*) (*) Ian Nathan, Empire Online, 04/08/2014

The first Philip Seymour Hoffman film to be released since his death holds few surprises for anyone familiar with his back catalogue. Perhaps inevitably, though, he’s the best thing in it.

(*) (*) Neil Smith, Total Film, 04/08/2014

(*) (*) (*) Danny Leigh, Financial Times, 07/08/2014

(*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 07/08/2014

(*) Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 07/08/2014

(*) (*) Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 08/08/2014

(*) (*) (*) Adam Woodward, Little White Lies, 07/08/2014

(*) Laurence Phelan, The Independent, 09/08/2014