Restless

This is a scenario that just gets under my skin...

Pitches the tone perfectly. The build from irritation to fury to desperation progresses at a steady pace. Black Hitchcockian humour ... is supplemented by Ward’s comic turn as a bumbler who offers his pal charmingly hopeless assistance


Hart’s direction is strong, but it’s better than his script; for me the movie, having established its realist credentials, is let down by a completely unreal and silly ending.

This suburban siege thriller is also a black comedy about burying the past

While some of the narrative escalation feels a little unlikely, it's held together by Marshal's appealing performance and Hart's eye for infuriating details.

[Jed Hart] demonstrates flair as a visual storyteller, eschewing dialogue in long, atmospheric sequences (including the opener) that propel the narrative.

Hart’s feature directorial debut is a thriller unmatched by few this year&#59; you’ll find yourself wanting to look away, but it will be impossible to do so.

What begins as a taut and visceral domestic thriller, one that unravels with disquieting authenticity, descends into a slightly farcical final act which undoes not only the tension but some of the darkly comic appeal.

Set in a seaside town, the film centres around an all-too-recognisable situation, which writer-director Jed Hart exaggerates to terrific effect.

It’s a bleak, yet unexpectedly humorous, study of madness that is bound to piss off Daily Mail readers – which is all the reason you need to seek this film out.