An impressive study of guilt, responsibility and the bad things that happen to good people.
What Richard Did
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Ireland · 2012
1h 27m
Director Lenny Abrahamson
Starring Jack Reynor, Roisin Murphy, Fionn Walton, Gavin Drea
Genre Drama
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Richard, a high school sports star in Dublin, invites friends to his parents' beach house for a party one summer night. Teenage antics cross the line and a fight may have irreparable consequences as Richard's world is changed forever.
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A tough, impactful film that offers a sometimes uncomfortable but always gripping examination of cause and effect.
In the end, the material feels a bit attenuated, like a short that’s been stretched to feature length, even if the characters are enjoyable, sympathetic enough company for the pic’s 84-minute running time.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
What Richard Did is an engrossing and intelligent drama that throbs in the mind for hours after the final credits.
An acutely compassionate account of unshakeable guilt.
Time Out London by Tom Huddleston
Abrahamson has pulled off something quietly remarkable: a study of morality which never feels like a treatise, a bracingly realistic film about teenagers which never becomes patronising and a gripping melodrama which swerves sentiment. He may also have unearthed a genuine star.
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