Two for Joy

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Two for Joy

2018,

1h 30m,

Drama

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69%

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69%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A troubled family's problems come to a head during a stay in a seaside town.

Beth Webb

Empire Magazine

Sep 28, 2018

4/5

Sweet but not sentimental, sad but not cynical, Two For Joy is a welcome new take on a British realism with disarmingly impressive performances from its young cast.

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Ed Potton

The Times (UK)

Sep 28, 2018

4/5

It's a sombre British drama in the spirit of Andrea Arnold and Clio Barnard: unforced and superbly acted, with fleeting moments of beauty to leaven the gloom.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

Sep 27, 2018

4/5

Sensitively realised and soundscaped, there's an almost unbearable tension surrounding these damaged, volatile characters who encounter danger at every turn - mainly from themselves.

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Charlotte Harrison

cultbox

Jan 29, 2020

4/5

Writer-director Tom Beard, making his feature film director debut, has created characters who are presented honestly but humanely. They're openly flawed but treated sympathetically, we cannot help but care for them.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Feb 27, 2019

B

The probing family drama makes for a good film but an unpleasant watch.

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Sarah Cartland

Caution Spoilers

Feb 22, 2019

4/5

A film about a family where grief has become the driving force, rather than the reaction. At times unutterably sad, it's beautifully made - and in a movie crammed with excellent performances, Bella Ramsey blazes.

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Leia W

Nov 29, 2018

A touching story about family , loss, depression and the struggle to go on after losing a partner. Sprinkled with humour and intensely emotional beats, this movie is a great directorial start for Tom Beard. The young actors stand out with amazing performances. Particularly Bella Ramsey (Worst Witch, Game of Thrones) who plays Miranda. Her performance displays an intensity that will both shock and delight you with her abilities. This movie tugs at your heart strings playing a tune both inventive and familiar to many of us.

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Han P

Jul 2, 2018

Important theme, well handled and acted, but I failed to empathise with characters and their stories. So the rating I award says more about me than it does about the film (in that I'm looking for a bit of escapism at the cinema rather than real life grit!)

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Samantha Morton

Aisha

Bella Ramsey

Miranda

Emilia Jones

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Synopsis

A troubled family's problems come to a head during a stay in a seaside town.

Director: Tom Beard
Producer: Emma Comley, Sadie Frost
Screenwriter: Tom Beard
Production Co: BFI Film Fund
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 26, 2021
Runtime: 1h 30m

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