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Movie Info

Over the course of a day, Rose's fractured and distant family pulls back together. Yearning to reconnect, the family finds itself confronting the implications of its own devastating legacy.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English (United Kingdom)
Director:

Esther Campbell
Producer:

Wendy Bevan-Mogg, Samm Haillay, Duane Hopkins, Andrew McVicar
Writer:

Esther Campbell
Runtime:

1h 29m
Production Co:

Third Films, Finite Films

Cast & Crew

Sophie Burton
Ramona

James Stuckey
Ewan

Mike Wright
Spirit

Muhammet Uzuner
Dee

Zamira Fuller
Rose

Graeme Hogg
Roderick

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Critic Reviews for Light Years

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (2)

Treading that perilous line between wilfully artful and needlessly arty, Esther May Campbell's Light Years is a feature debut that's arresting and infuriating in equal measure

October 10, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Kevin Maher
Times (UK)
This debut feature from Esther Campbell drowns in visual beauty but falls short in the plot and dialogue.

September 26, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Poppy Doran
Little White Lies
Ventures Bristol way, digs around at the intersection of social and poetic realism, and emerges with several extraordinary images alongside handfuls of arthouse filler.

September 23, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Mike McCahill
Guardian
Campbell's eye for a real rather than romanticised Britain - motorways, industrial parks, damp forests - is refreshing, yet Light Years fails to take hold until it's almost passed you by.

April 18, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Rachel Brook
One Room With A View
‎There are greater stakes to be mined that the territory Kiley and company cover here, but by keeping the tone light, the film proves buoyant.

November 22, 2018 | Full Review…

Stephen Saito
Moveable Fest
There are obviously a lot of bright futures among cast and crew, but the script lacks a nail of genuine emotion on which to hang all the pretty pictures.

September 27, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Paul M. Bradshaw
Total Film
Campbell has obvious trust in her young cast and her own ability to turn everyday settings into a landscape of verdant mystery and imagination.

September 23, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Trevor Johnston
Radio Times