The delicate balance between macho masculinity and profound grief forms the emotional core of this powerful Irish character study.

| Dec 27, 2024

Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ debut feature It Is in Us All asks a question with its title. What is in us all? … thematically rich as it is dark proving that Campbell-Hughes is a director who has talent to burn.

| Apr 17, 2024

A gore-free body horror that manages to be completely unnerving without conforming to any of the usual expectations that come with the territory.

| Sep 16, 2023

While her intentions aren’t always lucid, Campbell-Hughes’s feature debut is undeniably unique, functioning as an exceptionally dour deconstruction of masculinity, suicide, and death.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Jul 27, 2023

It Is In Us All hinges on the demanding physical performances of its lead and supporting actors, both exuding total trust and confidence in director Antonia Campbell-Hughes’s vision.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 19, 2023

It Is In Us All works as a character Drama, a Thriller, and an unconventional love story. An even though occasionally this combination may be perceived as too much to handle, once everything fits into place it turns into a heart-wrenching experience.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 14, 2023

A character study that never seems like it's quite got to grip with its subjects, the movie leaves us understanding as little about the leads as they do about each other, and possibly themselves.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 11, 2023

Campbell-Hughes [get]s into the minds, if not completely under the skin, of her troubled male characters. Yet her visual confidence and eye for emotive detail mark her out as an exciting filmmaking talent.

| Jun 9, 2023

By turns fascinating and disturbing, compelling and unsettling, It Is In Us All is a superior arthouse drama.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 9, 2023

A melancholic squall of austerity, this film is less a storm of emotion, but more a long hard rain.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 31, 2023

The story pulled me in and piqued my interest, but left me dissatisfied. It was a nice trip to a bad destination.

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 26, 2023

The story never quite coalesces into a coherent enough narrative to land hard, but it does provide Cosmo Jarvis with a welcome showcase for his considerable talent.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 22, 2023

It Is in Us All is a rather strange, rather enigmatic film about frustrated masculinity and while it is, on several levels, an impressive debut it doesn’t quite bring to the screen a sufficiently satisfying narrative.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 18, 2023

Thanks to its incredible tone and texture, the film feels lived in. You really can go home again. But as the film asks: Should you?

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 12, 2023

Jarvis' performance connects, or perhaps more accurately, carefully unhinges the dots of Hamish's unravelling.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 2, 2023

Moody atmospheric drama.

| Original Score: B | Sep 29, 2022

Writer-director (and cast member) Antonia Campbell-Hughes depicts an outsider’s vision of a remote Ireland that is as dreary and haunting as it is heady.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 28, 2022

Its open-handed approach finds strong resonance, especially with such bracingly emotive performances from a fine cast in such beautiful settings.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 28, 2022

Campbell-Hughes summons up a suitably oppressive atmosphere but the point of her dour drama remains frustratingly elusive.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 28, 2022

The film’s plot is slight, however, and quickly stretched thin. But Jarvis has the coiled energy of a young Brando and is terrific here, as usual.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 24, 2022