The Selfish Giant (2013)
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Critic Consensus: Starkly emotional and beautifully directed, The Selfish Giant uses a lovely script and some powerful performances to present some of the best that modern British cinema has to offer.
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Cast
as Arbor Fenton
as Swifty
as Kitten
as Mick Brazil
as Mary
as Mrs. Swift (Swifty's Mother)
as Price Drop (Swifty's Dad)
as Shelly Fenton
as Daniel
as Martin Fenton
as Johnny Jones
as Railway Man
as School Nurse
as Mo
as Teacher
as Swift Children
as Swift Children
as Swift Children
as Swift Children
as Swift Children
as Swift Children
as Neighbour
as Josh
as Blake
as Jay
as Deputy Headteacher
as Headteacher
as Passerby
as Chip 'n' Pin Sulky Rider
as 'Smart Price Drop' Man
as Caretaker
as School Secretary
as Scrap Yard Worker
as Power Station Worker
as Power Station Worker
as Power Station Worker
as Power Station Worker
as Policeman
as WPC Hayward
as Kevin
as Wizz
as Phil the Barman
as Garry
as Driver
as Huddersfield Scrapyard Man
as Policeman
as Policeman
as Policeman
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"The Selfish Giant" is a story of dependence, damage and desperation, told with grit and grimy frankness. It's also a portrait of friendship born of need and emptiness, on the road to nowhere.
Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant isn't the Oscar Wilde children's story, but more an inspired take on it in the kitchen-sink style of a Ken Loach drama.
Ultimately, it's a sad, tough sit - but worth seeing for its gritty honesty and strong cast.
Much of the movie is hard to bear, yet it never drags, thanks to the momentum that Barnard finds in the fable, and, above all, to the energy that she unleashes in her young leads.
[A] wrenching story of working-poor desperation in northern England.
The Selfish Giant is a film of such power and beauty that there will be no escaping it -- so long as you go to see it in the first place.
Audience Reviews for The Selfish Giant
Barnard displays an incredibly firm hand in the direction of this powerful piece of British social realism that brings to mind the works of Ken Loach and is above all a rich character study with a great onscreen chemistry between the excellent Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas.
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'The Selfish Giant'. The sucker punch of that first beautiful frame to the relentless bleakness that follows is cruel. Miserable, masterful. Outstanding, gritty performances from first-timers, and a director whose future I will follow eagerly, given the worlds she seems to want to delve into.
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