
Spring. Yorkshire. Isolated young sheep farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker Gheorghe, employed for the lambing season, ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.... (Full plot summary below)
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Spring. Yorkshire. Isolated young sheep farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker Gheorghe, employed for the lambing season, ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.
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| ColliderBrian FormoBecause the movie is less about can they stay together and more about the personal growth from deadbeat to responsibility on the part of the son by letting love in, God's Own Country works magnificently |
| Irish TimesTara BradyBeneath the grey veneer of rural realism, this is a magical film, one of the best you'll see this year. |
| Adelaide ReviewDavid 'Mad Dog' BradleySome have celebrated this one as a queer masterpiece, which it isn't quite. Yet it's nevertheless still strongly handled, boldly played by all, and pretty damn sensual. |
| The Sun (UK)Jamie EastIn truth this movie is definitely a sum of all its parts - a glorious film about responsibility, love and future. |
| Little White LiesTrevor JohnstonYou'll find yourself getting teary a week later - a potent, haunting meditation on the soul-stirring significance of being open to love. |
| Flicks.co.nzLiam MagurenFor anyone who can remember their young heart being soothed and captured for the first time, it is as intense as that experience. |
| HeyUGuysStefan PapeA striking debut that should mark the beginning on an immensely triumphant career behind the camera for Lee. Visually, narratively, emotionally - this film succeeds on every level, and does so in such an uncompromising way. |
| Concrete PlaygroundSarah WardA raw and affecting love story teeming with honesty and emotion. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisGod’s Own Country weaves a rough magic from Joshua James Richards’s biting cinematography and the story’s slow, unsteady arc from bitter to hopeful. |
| Irish IndependentPaul WhitingtonFrancis Lee has a background in TV acting, and had only directed a couple of shorts and a documentary prior to this. Let's hope he gets to make more feature films, because God's Own Country is pretty special. |