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Samson Coulter and Ben Spence give startling, intensely physical performances.

Despite the costumes being ab fab, darling, the plot's no blazing trendsetter.

Appallingly developed characters and situations decay and rot onscreen.

Taking natural sounds from the landscape, Chris Goodes has constructed a soundscape which shifts perfectly with the mood of the film, contributing to the sense of the balance of power and who is or is not an outsider.

Despite the good laughs, I Give It A Year is predictable.

Required viewing.

What is unexpected in this self-conscious pander to the cult of genre cinema is the violence. It lacks the dignity of constraint.

Chandor makes good use of his acting assets and there's no doubt that he knows how to direct, but ultimately, the dullness of the script is just a little too toxic.

There are arduous stretches, between ill-organised sorties, in which conversation dries in the mouth.

The more you know, the less you fear.

Essential viewing.

The plot may sound familiar romcom territory, but the intellectual issues and a promising script with words of more than two syllables aim it slightly higher.