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Crushingly predictable.

Scorsese's direction isn't showy but he keeps his camera fluid, giving scenes a sense of movement even when the characters are static.

A dense and dark storyline that is compelling in and of itself, rather than simply ladelling on lots of game-changing twists.

Cold Lazarus ends writer Dennis Potter's career on an elegiac note. But, as ever for Potter, this elegy is played out in bitter minor chords.

Thornton's writing is well-observed, creating characters who, while embodying all the usual white trash traits, have a three-dimensional quality to them.

Imagery and sound are so closely wedded throughout that at times it seems meaningless to distinguish between the two.

As wild as it seems at times, the film is deeply grounded in an emotional truth for each of the protagonists.

A gem of a picture.

The meandering pace can get tedious at times, but cinematically it's a masterpiece.