
During a sticky patch in her marriage forty-something Anna spends a summer holiday with her friends Verena and George at their Tuscan villa but hangs out with the couple's teen-aged children and their cousin Oakley, with whom she goes skinny-dipping and sight-seeing. When the youngsters prang a borrowed car and Anna tells George how it happened, causing a huge scene with his elder son, the kids turn against her. Observing family life as an outsider - unrelated - Anna ultimate... (Full plot summary below)
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During a sticky patch in her marriage forty-something Anna spends a summer holiday with her friends Verena and George at their Tuscan villa but hangs out with the couple's teen-aged children and their cousin Oakley, with whom she goes skinny-dipping and sight-seeing. When the youngsters prang a borrowed car and Anna tells George how it happened, causing a huge scene with his elder son, the kids turn against her. Observing family life as an outsider - unrelated - Anna ultimately comes to be grateful for what she has.
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| Independent (UK)Anthony QuinnIf Hogg can render the travails of a bunch of middle-class British holidaymakers a subject of interest, there's reason to hope she has some career in the making. |
| Film4Anton BitelJoanna Hogg's feature debut is a subtle drama addressed at the teenager still vacationing in every adult. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerWell acted, superbly written drama with a strong central performance by Kathryn Worth and impressive direction by Joanna Hogg. |
| Times (UK)James ChristopherThe more relaxed the chemistry, the more taboo and tense the film becomes. It's a marvellous piece of cinema that looks as if it is being crafted before your eyes. |
| The SpectatorDeborah RossUnrelated observes the English upper-middle classes so astutely that, at times, it is almost painful to watch. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsScratchy? But why not? Scratchy sounds human. In Unrelated we almost hear the charcoal on the paper as the group portrait takes shape, filled with unknown actors helping to cross-hatch their own characters. |
| Sky CinemaTim EvansHowever, the climactic scene - when we learn what's been bugging the sour-faced Anna all this time - proves a bit of an awkward let-down, under-written and over-acted. |
| Time OutDave CalhounHogg displays a welcome desire to draw on global film influences and ignore the unwritten rules of what British cinema should or should not seek to achieve, especially in the realm of films about the monied and unsympathetic. |
| Metro (UK)John Harris-DunningThe complexity of real life creeps in to comic, poignant and often uncomfortably emotional effect. A lo-fi Bridget Jones with serious balls. |
| Total FilmPhilip KempIf Eric Rohmer were British, this is the kind of film he'd make. |