"Fans of Nuala Ellwood's bestselling psychological thriller about a war reporter revisiting the horrors of her childhood in Herne Bay may decide to stick with the book after this drab adaptation. Like a black sock that has infiltrated a wash-load of white bedsheets, the story has come out a dreary dull grey. The movie is stubbornly unintriguing despite a fine cast of actors doing their utmost."
"Jenny Seagrove plays Kate Rafter, a hardened correspondent haunted by PTSD. She's back from a stint in Aleppo for her mum's funeral and staying in her childhood home. Seagrove plays it imperiously, eyes flashing; Kate has witnessed terrible atrocities, and seems irritated by the smallness of the lives in her home town. But she is raw and damaged; there are flashbacks to Iraq where she befriended a young boy,"
Jenny Seagrove portrays Kate Rafter, a war correspondent haunted by PTSD who returns from Aleppo to her childhood home for her mother's funeral. The narrative includes Iraq flashbacks, strained therapy scenes, and a childhood terrorised by a violent alcoholic father. Kate hears a child crying next door but is not believed. Anna Friel gives a messy, authentic performance as alcoholic sister Sally, with Ben Miles as the stabilising husband Paul. Creeping visuals and jangly music suggest darkness, but the film lacks depth, tension and sufficient heat to thicken the plot. The film is available digitally from 23 February.
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