Inside Outside Lydia's Head

I was squirming in my seat i was so bored. The film use's the old shaky cam technique a bit to much making it very hard to sit through. I am normally very forgiving when it comes to low budget features but these was just to bad. This was like a bad dream projected up on the silver screen and i suspect that's what the directer was going for, though the film would have been much better if there was a stronger narrative, better lighting (i found myself trying very hard to see what was meant to happening a lot of the time). Also the two cops, one of whom constantly swears, is one of the most regrettable characters possibly ever created. He was so heavily stereotyped and whilst his constant foul language must have seemed funny to the directer at the time, soon wears thin with the audience. The structure of this film was very poor and at times to confusing. Its quick and snappy editing should have set a fast pace but instead just made me feel overcome with panic and i ever experienced motion sickness for a while. The actors looked like they were giving it there all which is good because it is hard to imagine how the directer talked them into doing this film in the first place. Over all this was a disappointing feature and failed to impress. 2/10

I saw this by accident so it's not what I normally go for: an arthouse film about a refugee with some disturbing imagery. It looked like it was shot for 0 pence, yet seemed more effective and real for it. The story was original and although some of the acting was a bit dodgy here and there the lead actress was pretty amazing in showing the torment that she felt. It also showed the total lack of understanding of people in general to refugees and what they have gone through. I'll never look at another toilet cleaner or windscreen washer in the same way again. I hate to say this, but I was moved.