The Deep Blue Sea

this is london“Davies loves this play. But why?...” The crudeness proves infectious. Davies inserts a scene in which Hester has to spend time with William's battle-axe of a mother. The females don't converse - they assault each other with epigrams...

Radio Times“A heady and often heartrending study of lovers at loggerheads...” Fans of director Terence Davies's earlier, more autobiographical films will see his sure, steady signature in its gold-burnished visions of peeling paint, wartime bomb shelters and and jaunty pub singalongs...

Guardian“There is much misery here...” The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but with great sweetness and delicacy..

The Independent“The Davies touch is still obvious...” The film is highly stylised and yet still captures the primal feelings of the characters: the woman's erotic longing and defiance, as well as her sense of suicidal shame...

The Telegraph“A Davies film through and through...” If the movie’s both gorgeous and stifling, that feels just right for Rattigan’s aching prison of a play...

Empire“A perceptive and affecting film about post-war Britain...” Represents the unique vision of an artist who needs to be met halfway, and in an age of hubbub, its patient elegance is a rare thing we should nurture...

Little White Lies“Beautifully written, realised and performed...” Deceptive in its depth of emotion, this is filmmaking of the highest order...

Total Film “Echoes of Brief Encounter abound...” Davies’ first feature for a decade displays all his virtues: faultless evocation of period, committed performances, loving use of music. If the downbeat mood gets a touch relentless, the material justifies it...

Time Out“There's something about it that feels studied and precious...” It’s sad as a story and deeply evocative as a period piece, but it fails to take a grip on the heart in the same way that the very best of Davies’s films do...