Tyrannosaur
Hard-hitting British drama, the directorial debut from actor Paddy Considine (The Bourne Ultimatum), which took Best Film and Best Actress at the British Independent Film Awards 2011.
"A debut that will reward any viewer willing to share his unblinking gaze into the hearts of two violently damaged protagonists. Joseph (Peter Mullan) is a cynical, seething mess of anger and drink, drawn, for reasons we can only dread, to Hannah (Olivia Colman). A nun-like thrift-shop worker, she deflects his abusive overtures with kindness. He will not have a bar of her charity, but, while events transpire which confirm his brutal view of the world, he learns that there’s more to Hannah’s grasp on faith and hope than mindless piety." (NZ International Film Festival 2011)
Less2017Rating: M91 minsUK
Drama
- Director:
- Paddy Considine (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Paddy Considine
- Cast:
- Peter MullanOlivia ColmanEddie MarsanPaul PopplewellNed Dennehy
Tyrannosaur | Awards
Winner of the Jury Prize and Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival 2011.
Tyrannosaur | Reviews
83%88 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Total Film
Approach Considine’s brilliant directorial debut with caution. It’s a pitiless, fearsome beast that will hammer you in the gut, hard. And Olivia Colman will blow you away.
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The New York Times
The characters are trapped, suffocated, pushed through a story that gives them very little room or time to figure themselves out, and that finally turns their feelings into the wan stuff of fable.
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Roger Ebert
This isn't the kind of movie that even has hope enough to contain a message. There is no message, only the reality of these wounded personalities.
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Los Angeles Times
It is the kind of film that leaves you limp, exhausted and feeling battered by the end.
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Hollywood Reporter
This is an intense exploration of the corrosive effects of human violence.
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Empire Magazine
A great deal more than a misery memoir on film, this character study is as gripping as any hardboiled thriller, delivering emotional content that'll stay with you for a long time. Highly recommended.
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A.V. Club
Tyrannosaur sounds like a particularly extreme work of British working-class miserablism, but Considine and his cast have no use for comfortable distance created by cliché.
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