18 out of 20 people found the following review helpful:

Updating the American Gothic

GreenwichPaul from , 25th May, 2006

Undertow is a fascinating if flawed film that retreads the same ground as the classic 'Night of the Hunter'.

Slow paced and a step removed from reality this has echoes of producer Terence Malick's magnificent 'Badlands' with it langorous atmosphere and detached voiceover.

Ultimately the film never hits the same heights as either of the aforementioned films but it is brave enough to aspire to meaningfulness and is, in its own rights, an enjoyable film.

Director Green populates his film with redneck gothic and unrealistic poetic dialogue so there is plenty here for fans of American though less for a mainstream audience

Intriguing

9 out of 12 people found the following review helpful:

oh dear dear !!!!!!

A Customer from Scotland, 12th May, 2006

O.M.G I cant actually believed i watched such a pile of crap, sh'' acting dire story, well there is none, all in all sh'' film, please and i emphasise please! dont waste your time, not even brit actor Jamie Bell could save this film from the hole it crawled out of. It didnt give me the option of putting no stars.

4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

didn't get into it

A Customer from south wales, 7th July, 2007

only watched 5 mins before falling asleep so i didn't bother to watch the rest!!

3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Cut and Shut

DivaDebs from Berwickshire, 15th June, 2006

This film starts out so well. The photography is beautiful and atmospheric. The acting is good (Jamie Bell's accent is perfect) and the storyline has great potential... then... well, I think the writer must have gone off on holiday and left the second half of the film to the Tea Boy to write.

The storyline stumbles from one scene to the next, and I lost all empathy for the characters, not really caring what happened next.

To me, it was a 'cut and shut' movie. The first half - an interesting movie with potential and the second half a completely different movie with no point and little flair.

2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Undertow

A Customer from Falkirk, 27th February, 2009

HAD to turn this off

2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

not very good

A Customer from Derbyshire, 11th October, 2006

shocking film Not good at all

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

poor

A Customer from kent, 24th March, 2007

a troubled teenager who can't seem to stay out of trouble. His hard-nosed father, and younger brother, are his only companions. But when his long-lost brother shows up for a reunion of sorts, the past catched up with them

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

surprisingly brilliant

A Customer from leics, 9th December, 2006

I am completely going against most of the reviews on this sight, the film was compulsive viewing and heart wrenching at the same time, I spent most of the time on the edge of my seat praying that the boys would get away unscathed. This is not a fashilnable slick Hollywood extraveganza, but definately hits the mark for thriller fans.

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Very slow

A Customer from london, 2nd November, 2006

I cant even remember how I got to watch this film! But right from the beginning it was WEIRD! Old hillbilly stuff. Actually half way through it did pick up andf I strated to feel sorry for the kids, it was quite sad and I must admit I had to watch it till the end. Strange ending though.

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Hmm

A Customer from Glasgow, 25th June, 2006

I'd read good things about this, but it just seemed really disjointed and the ending was one of those ones where you're like, 'What?'. Bell was impressive though.