The Unloved

2009

Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 67% · 20 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 1357 1.4K

child abuse drug abuse isolation social worker children's home foster parents

Plot summary

Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a children's home. Through her eyes, we follow her struggle to cope with the system; her only saving being her self-belief and certainty that she is being watched over and protected by the holy spirit.

Director

Samantha Morton Photo
Samantha Morton

Top cast

Michael Socha Photo
Michael Socha as Michael
Robert Carlyle Photo
Robert Carlyle as Lucy's Father
Craig Parkinson Photo
Craig Parkinson as Ben
Andrea Lowe Photo
Andrea Lowe as Vicky
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992.59 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
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1.8 GB
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English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paul2001sw-1 7 / 10

Harrowing, promising

'The Unloved' is the result of actress Samantha Morton's first stab at directing, a story about growing up in a children's home, something she has experienced first hand. If she hadn't, you might wonder if it was exaggerated; if it isn't, it tells a grim and harrowing truth. Artistically, it's quite ambitious, eschewing emphasis on expository narrative in favour of giving a more impressionistic flavour of its central character's life - Morton appeared in Lynne Ramsey's film of 'Morvern Callar', and its tempting to assert one can detect the influence on her style. But there are also hints of Morton's inexperience behind the camera , in the way that her striking, set piece images are presented somewhat obviously, for example in the film's closing scene, where the entirety of a (sad) song is played over a wordless scene in advance of (rather than during) the credits: it's moving, but there's more to great film-making than the juxtapositioning of sad songs and pretty pictures. Still, on this evidence, Morton may get there: it will be interesting to see whether she is interested in directing on subjects less close to her own heart.
Reviewed by carrieannsphone 8 / 10

Feels.

Almost the British Florida Project. Good music choices. I'm a fan of the extended closeup without dialogue, and Molly Windsor was able to convey so much with her eyes in many of those. Recommend.
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