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Dark River
Directed by
Clio Barnard
Not Rated
2018
90m
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5.9
81%
61%
5.6
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Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
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Cast of Dark River
Ruth Wilson
Alice Bell
Mark Stanley
Joe Bell
Sean Bean
Richard Bell
Esmé Creed-Miles
Young Alice
Dean Andrews
Matty
Joe Dempsie
David
Mike Noble
Rowan Spender
Aiden McCullough
Young Joe
Shane Attwooll
Tower
Steve Garti
Jim
Una McNulty
Susan Bell
Jonah Russell
Pete
Paul Roberson
Declan
Olivia Brennan
Ellie
Ophelia Campbell
Alice Bell as a child in a photo
Alfie Charlesworth
Joe Bell as a child in a photo
Clio Barnard
Director / Writer
Rose Tremain
Novel
Tracy O'Riordan
Producer
Andy Harries
Executive Producer
Dark River Ratings & Reviews
Vague Visages
D.M. Palmer
Dark River excels in the areas where Barnard has already proven herself adept: she draws stellar performances from her cast across the board, and creates a vibrant naturalism without sacrificing tone or style.
AWFJ.org
Cate Marquis
Clio Barnard gives us a glimpse into the hard life of sheep farmers in Yorkshire through the eyes of a woman who returns home.
What She Said
Anne Brodie
Clio Barnard has succeeded in using this unique natural setting to describe our most basic instincts.
AWFJ.org
Betsy Bozdech
Barnard is a director who strives for authenticity, and she succeeds beautifully with Dark River.
Vague Visages
Marshall Shaffer
Wilson does some heavy psychological lifting on top of some grimy sheep shearing; it's a labor-intensive performance that yields a real harvest by the film's close.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
The kind of movie that mistakes rumbling storm clouds and restless sheep for plot development.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
Richly textured characters and evocative rural landscapes elevate this melancholy drama.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Even in the swelling canon of British rural miserabilism, this unrelentingly intense psychodrama burrows beneath the skin.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
"Dark River" is a forgettable title for a movie that's anything but.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
It's a beautifully crafted, moodily evocative film that's missing just one spark of true inspiration.
Film Threat
Bradley Gibson
The film is beautifully executed with grace and lavish cinematography. Tone plays a crucial part in Dark River.
Epoch Times
Mark Jackson
It's a jarring juxtaposition of "There's no place like home" and "You can never go home again."
Slant Magazine
Keith Watson
While Clio Barnard so masterfully limns her protagonist's tortured soul, the brother-sister drama at the center of the film remains frustratingly hazy.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Dark fare indeed, and you won't shake it off easily.
Film Inquiry
Alistair Ryder
Dark River feels like a transitional gateway to better films, bridging the gap between Barnard's older social realist efforts and flirtations with experimental works likely to come.
The Playlist
Oliver Lyttelton
Clio Barnard has a long career ahead of her, but "Dark River" seems destined to be remembered, years now, as a minor work in her filmography.
The Film Stage
C.J. Prince
With such a simple approach to heavy subject matter, Barnard creates a distancing effect that reveals the feebleness of her screenplay and direction.
AV Club
A.A. Dowd
This is a kitchen-sink drag.
The Hollywood Reporter
Leslie Felperin
A moving, North of England-set portrait of marginalized working-class cultures and the resilience of damaged children.
Variety
Guy Lodge
There's scarcely room here for improvement at the level of craft or performance; in particular, it's gratifying to see leading lady Ruth Wilson headlining a big-screen vehicle worthy of her flinty brilliance.
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