We’re left with the pretty scenery and a free-floating sense of inconsequentiality.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 13, 2023

The result has neither the full force of realism nor the emotional pleasures of melodrama; what it most calls to mind is something seen and half-forgotten on PBS.

| Oct 12, 2023

A standard period drama that arrives at hard truths with a hammy delivery.

| Oct 12, 2023

Photographed in the old-fashioned pre-wide-screen 3 x 4 ratio, the film is simple but, in its small way, quite memorable.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 9, 2022

... You can forgive the cliches because their implausibilities are overshadowed by the craggy grandeur of the island itself, with its huddled stone cottages and the closeness of those who dwell in them.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 7, 2022

Contrivances aside, The Road Dance is often elevated by two stunning central performances courtesy Corfield and Fletcher, while Petra Korner’s stunning cinematography gorgeously captures the arid solitude of Hebridean landscape.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 26, 2022

Although a little too performatively Scottish at times, this is a competently made weepie that should please fans of the book.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 22, 2022

A heartfelt, nostalgic film with traditional, almost old-fashioned, storytelling, and acting that feels a bit stiff in places.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 16, 2022