The Unloved

...moving, insightful, and has a final shot, of Lucy trying to persuade a smile onto her blank features, that will break your heart.

...one of the most quietly gut-wrenching things I've seen in years.

This is clearly a very personal film; sensibly sustained through a vérité aesthetic that keeps the narrative potent, but not overbearing.

...gets a thoroughly well-deserved theatrical outing.

...heartfelt, powerful stuff – especially in Lauren Socha’s passionate, painful performance as Lucy’s lost-cause roommate.