For Those in Peril is effective as an allegory, its haunting fairy tale continually drummed into our skulls as the film moves along.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 6, 2019

For Those in Peril isn't afraid to take risks and is full of ingenuity, but at its core is an emotive piece about overcoming a death in the family.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 5, 2019

There's an overuse of Super-8 flashbacks, too many broody close-ups, an abundance of inorganic colour-coded mood scenes, and a predictable late detour into horror mode.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 24, 2018

The dialogue was rather unconventional as well- at times, Peril feels as if it's packaged like a news story... It's different, but it works well with this type of film.

| Nov 8, 2018

The film's finale is wild and daring and so perfectly executed that it marks Wright as one of the film year's most audacious new voices.

| Oct 3, 2014

The haunting and powerful psychodrama "For Those in Peril" marks an auspicious feature debut for its visionary writer-director, Paul Wright.

| Oct 2, 2014

Wright's strongest achievement here is an evocative depiction of place, where young teens flee from adult supervision and danger lies in wait.

| Sep 29, 2014

For Those in Peril is a strikingly original feature debut from the 31-year-old Scottish writer-director Paul Wright that resists simple categorization.

| Sep 29, 2014

There are certainly a lot of good things going on in For Those In Peril, but in the end its ambition out-weighs its artistic impact.

| Sep 29, 2014

For Those in Peril smells as if it has been dragged from the briny deep to receive only superficial hosing down before being dumped in unsuspecting cinemas.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 8, 2013

A full week after first viewing, I find myself still sifting through montage images that linger in the mind like a half-remembered dream.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 6, 2013

Newcomer Paul Wright's poetic, if not entirely convincing, attempt to make sense of Scottish folklore, family bonds and mental illness.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 4, 2013

MacKay draws us into the guilt and anguish of a troubled mind and director Paul Wright has a lyrical touch but this is a grim ordeal of a film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 4, 2013

This glum, grim British drama picks through the remains of a seafaring disaster.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 3, 2013

A surreal and haunting exploration of grief and superstition, set in a small Scottish fishing village amidst a tragic shipwreck with a lone survivor.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 3, 2013

As a portrait of encroaching mental illness, For Those in Peril works superbly.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 1, 2013

A powerful story told by a bold new storyteller which composites seafaring folklore against the raw emotions of losing a loved one

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 4, 2013

It's original in its idea, style and conception, and made with loving dedication.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 2, 2013

An experimental, poetic and moving exploration of grief and the toll it can take.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 1, 2013

For Those In Peril never outstays its welcome and is slick!

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 24, 2013