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Two sisters, September and July, are not your 'normal' kids. But what is normal anyway? It seems September has a hold over July, hence what September says, July has to follow. They are a two, and hence when one does something inexplicable, they both have to escape to Ireland with their mother. Mother herself has her own demons - how does she cope with her inexplicable children? The film is tense throughout but for the first hour, it's kinda conventional. And then September asks July to do something that we, the audience, are pleading NOOOOO! We realise that the September / July dynamic may not be what it seems.

September says - give this movie a chance, it is fabulous!

Sorry - but loads of reviews on here are suggesting disappointment at the ending. What do you want? A Hollywood ending where everything ties neatly into place? Toni Collete's eyes said it all and, yes, we are left to ponder what happened next. But that's a good thing. The whole film was wrapped in uncertainty, so the ending should too. And the film also makes you think... "what if it were me?"..... If you are good, you do the right thing and if you're bad you do the wrong thing, right? Not right. The film made you think about moral nuances such as family, fear, justice, injustice, career, inhibitions etc etc etc. It made you think "what would i do in that situation"? So for that I give it credit. I didn't want a police car chase at the end. The film was full of ambivalence and hence it needed an ambivalent ending. I give it credit for that. Yes, there were some hardly believable procedurals in there, but overall it worked. Nice one Clint - not in the same league as some of your other films, but if you bow out on this, crikey, what a career. Bravo.

War is Hell The only star i recognised was Wil Poulter, the last time I saw a very young Wil was in The Son of Rambo's, which must be about 20 years ago, He's all grown up.

The film is a claustrophobic unrelenting screw up of a mission in downtown Iraq for this group of grunts.

Told from the American perspective, so there's no why's or the wherefores of the mission or purpose of the occupation.

Like all military screw ups, Black Hawk Down, being the obvious one. It's tense, terrifying and disgusting in its visceral in its carnage.

It is also very watchable, and you do want a positive outcome.

Great sound design and music score, top notch acting as well, it's a classic of its genre.