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A THOUSAND BLOWS TV “Stephen Graham’s metamorphosis is incredible, dialling up the violence of This Is England’s Combo and finding a sense of frenzied, animalistic rage. Underneath the toxic masculinity and unwillingness to embrace the new ways, there’s a surprising complexity to the character.” NICOLA AUSTIN SISTER MIDNIGHT FILM “Karan Kandhari’s feature debut initially plays like a marriage comedy, before a mid-movie revelation zigzags clumsily and inconsistently between plotlines. Still, you’ve got to applaud Kandhari for having the guts to crack open his movie and reshape it into something altogether different.” YASMIN OMAR KINDA PREGNANT FILM “Deeply misconceived and steadily unfunny, this feels longer than its running time. A few moments of emotional honesty between mothers are the only bits worth watching, but they’re too scant to save this mess.”…

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