Inside Out — A–Z of films

Mackay succeeds where [others] have failed partly because there is a deep vein of sincerity beneath the playful surface of her work.

Janis Pugh’s ability to blend crowdpleasing comedy and emotional poignancy should not be underestimated.

Rather than watching Sam from a distance, with curiosity, we are very much aligned with him, experiencing the world as he does, noticing the things that don’t make sense about other people.

It’s tribute to the collaborative feel of this film that the documentary continually takes its lead from what Harris is saying rather than pushing him this way and that.

Not everything here is successful, but the delicately handled character material pays dividends, and the real life chemistry between the two stars carries across well to their characters.

There is a sense of living in the moment but for the future, a deep connection with nature and a willingness to face whatever happens together.

Park captures the web of life tensions that don’t just stop when we’re teenagers, particularly the pull of the new versus the attraction of nostalgia.

Having set up all the elements of a thriller, the film proceeds to untangle them in a refreshingly different and mature way.

At the heart of it is the complex relationship between mother and son.

The film works as well as it does because of the central pairing of Goussens and De Saeger, whose shared glances and stray touches work on an emotional level.