81
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonIt isn’t just one of the best debut films of the year, but one of the year’s best films, period.
- 80We Got This CoveredDavid JamesWe Got This CoveredDavid JamesThe Levelling is a wonderful first feature from Hope Dickson Leach. Morose beyond measure, but leavened with subtle hope via Ellie Kendrick's superb central performance.
- 80Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterIt may be modest in scale but the film is assured in both intention and execution, building successfully towards a quietly moving climax.
- 80VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangThe Levelling is an intimate story, waterlogged with guilt, grief and blame, but it explores this dark spectrum with such unsentimental honesty that its tiny moments of uplift, when its repressed characters form tentative connections despite themselves, are magnified and moving.
- 80Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenSet on a dairy farm in southwestern England, The Levelling is a modestly scaled, superbly crafted drama with a powerful sense of place.
- 80Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonTime Out LondonTrevor JohnstonA somewhat dour, slightly clenched viewing experience perhaps, but delivered with admirable insight, control, and nuanced subtlety by all concerned. It stays in the mind long afterwards.
- 80CineVueMatthew AndersonCineVueMatthew AndersonThe pint-sized simplicity of this acutely well told and acted tale should not be underestimated.
- 60EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonUnflinching in its depiction of rural reality, this may be a dour drama, but it has been made with sincerity and an exceptional sense of place.