User Rating
Director
Mark O'Rowe
Cast
Cillian Murphy,
Eva Birthistle,
Catherine Walker,
Andrew Scott,
Lara McDonnell,
Lydia McGuinness
Genre
Drama,
Romance
Two couples appear to live in marital bliss until cracks begin to appear in both seemingly steady marriages. When two halves of separate marriages begin an affair, they at first delude themselves into thinking their family lives can remain undisturbed — but reality catches up quickly and both must tend to more pressing matters than their lust for each other.
The depth that Cillian Murphy and Andrew Scott bring to roles so starkly different from their best-known TV likenesses makes this a worthwhile watch on its own, but the writing and directing of this film manages the difficult task of capturing the fantastical nature of an affair that seemingly lives outside the real world while still ensuring that the consequences live in the minds of the characters and thus the audience member.
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
O’Rowe...evokes both a theatrical and literary sense of narrative (it’s likely no coincidence that Jim references novelist John Updike), with scenes effectively unfolding like well-honed chapters. The cast is also first-rate.
Movie Nation by Roger Moore
The performers and performances sell The Delinquent Season.
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