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Wonderful extremes too, from wildly absurd, laugh-out-loud moments to totally shocking brutality, often throwing you off course. The ending does let it down a bit as the effect of the brilliant set-up of this crazy dual existence seems to wane.
Paddy Considine’s first feature film’s subject of domestic violence was never going to be an easy film to watch. But what was unexpected is how powerful a debut Tyrannosaur truly is. It’s almost cathartic in nature and raises questions about the writer-director’s own experiences. Self-destructive widower Joseph (Peter Mullan) comes across charity shop worker Hannah …
