Tyrannosaur
The film tells the story of violent alcoholic Joseph (Peter Mullan), a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, who finds respite with a devout woman (Olivia Colman) whose husband abuses her.
30 January 1974, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
August1982, South Yorkshire, England, UK
9 June 1968, Stepney, London, England, UK
12 May 1964, England, UK
March 14, 2013
A stunning and memorable debut.
April 13, 2012
Those angling for a "feel-bad" bummer won't be disappointed.
January 26, 2012
You won't find two finer performances in recent times than those by Mullan and Colman, who in a perfect world would each have received Oscar nominations this week.
February 22, 2012
It sounds like an exercise in miserabilism, but Considine extracts black comedy, compassion, and dignity from his downtrodden characters and their blighted setting.
December 01, 2011
Paddy Considine's first feature as writer-director comes off like a playwriting exercise, with familiar characters taking every opportunity to wage messy, cathartic arguments or exhume traumatic memories.
January 27, 2012
The principals are superb, with Mullan and Colman doing a masterful job of inhabiting their separate but equal prisons.
December 01, 2011
The acting - particularly the moving performance of Olivia Colman as a battered spouse living in a grim corner of Leeds, England - is fierce and committed. So why doesn't its impact linger?
December 08, 2011
If the script ultimately seems a bit extreme (are there no immediate consequences for Joseph's tantrums or the criminal outbursts of Hannah's abusive husband?), it's often surprisingly successful in pushing the limits of British kitchen-sink drama.
September 28, 2012
Tyrannosaur is cinema that scars the soul - you'll only want to see it once, but once is enough.
January 27, 2012
More so, as familiar as a lot of this Considine does a great job of making it feel fresh and original even if little of it actually is, giving his finished film a lived-in quality that's undeniable.
March 01, 2012
The movie is cruelly frank about the ways damage cascades down to the powerless, but while it's not for the fainthearted (or for animal lovers), rewards are there.
February 22, 2012
Considine equates the denizens of a Leeds housing estate with caged beasts and Mullan's performance is beautifully calibrated - a snarling, dangerous surface hiding the loyalty and affection which can be found underneath.
