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6. "Flag-bearer for new British film-making"

  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Laura Bushell, BBC Movies
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review

7. "Her individualised virtual reality"

  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Laura Bushell, BBC Movies

8. "I enjoy playing with the structure", "taking risks with the form"

  • Ramsay, Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Ramsay, Laura Bushell, BBC Movies
  • Ramsay, Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Ramsay, Graham Rae, American Cinematographer
  • Ramsay, Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Ramsay, Sight & Sound 2002
  • Ramsay, Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

9. "Out of key with the usual depictions of youth-culture hedonism"

  • Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Laura Bushell, BBC Movies
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Sight & Sound 2002

10. "Charting of moods" over plot/narrative

  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Graham Rae, American Cinematographer
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Sight & Sound 2002

11. "Beautifully fragmented tale" with a "visual and melodic haunt"

  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Graham Rae, American Cinematographer
  • Laura Bushell, BBC Movies
  • Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo

12. "life of hedonism and ambiguous freedom"

  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Laura Bushell, BBC Movies
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Sight & Sound 2002

13. "Surrealism can be uncovered at the heart of realist storytelling"

  • Graham Rae, American Cinematographer
  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo

14. "Is Morvern Callar a vulnerable innocent, or a cold, amoral opportunist?"

  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Graham Rae, American Cinematographer

15. She doesn't know why she does it, it's almost existentialist"

  • Ramsay, Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Ramsay, Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review
  • Ramsay, Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Ramsay, Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Ramsay, Sight & Sound 2002
  • Ramsay, Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Ramsay, Eileen Elsey, Vertigo

16. "If she transgresses, it's theft, not murder"

  • Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Graham Rae, American Cinematographer
  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo

17. "There are no traditional turning points, character motivations, or outcomes"

  • Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Laura Bushell, BBC Movies
  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent

18. "Inhabit the moment rather than chase the narrative structure", "conventional...active protagonist, escalating action and sense of closure"

  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Graham Rae, American Cinematographer
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

19. "None of her actions are easily explicable"

  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review
  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Laura Bushell, BBC Movies

20. "Sharing her solipsism while never knowing what drives it"

  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Laura Bushell, BBC Movies
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent