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A professor becomes obsessed with his star student.
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| Daily Mirror (UK)David EdwardsAn unsettling, unconventional and delicately-handled piece quite unlike anything our film industry is pumping out these days. |
| Time OutDavid Jenkins[A] workaday psychological thriller which, although decently crafted, lacks even a scintilla of subtlety or ambition. |
| GuardianCath ClarkeCreepy claustrophobic for a bit, it dissolves quickly into suspenseless drift - not all of it coherent. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Tim RobeyAn alarming head-scratcher, but hopefully a blip for this still-promising creative team. |
| Total FilmAndrew LowryA centrepiece monologue from Grant on CIA experimentation shows some style, but it's too little, too late, and is rendered moot by the underwhelming climax. |
| Empire MagazinePhilip WildingWith its unengaging characters and a plot that jacknifes inexplicably, there's little to like here. A thriller without many thrills. |
| Radio TimesAlan JonesBracewell's lofty ambitions are clear to see in what is an obvious labour of love, but they simply don't come off in a mess of clichés and barely adequate performances. |
| Daily Express (UK)Henry FitzherbertIt's poorly plotted, deeply uninvolving tosh that makes you cringe for Grant and the estimable Tamsin Greig as his colleague and former protégé. |
| User ReviewAna BPredictable, if passable British thriller that has more brains and style than your usual Low budget Brit affair but what it has in effective claustrophobia, atmospheric performances and ambition it sadly lacks in pay-off, with a somewhat bizarre and incredulous finale. Richard E. Grant is excellent though. |
| User ReviewScrooge KTurned if off after half an hour. The acting seemed stilted and the dialogue poor. I couldn't be bothered to wade through the final hour. |