Ends up feeling more like a treatise on toxic boyfriends than the free-floating exploration of forbidden sexuality that it had first promised.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 19, 2024

Tom Burke and a superb Ruth Wilson star in True Things, Harry Wootliff’s British drama about a tender (then toxic) romance that is visually interesting but gradually peters out.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2024

True Things is a compelling psychological drama anchored by a strong performance from Tom Burke.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Oct 28, 2022

A refreshingly adult drama about infatuation and self-sabotage, True Thing leaves a strong impression, despite a disappointing ending.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 20, 2022

Many have had bigger careers than British actress Ruth Wilson, but few have had more interesting, varied and courageous ones. Never doing the same character twice or taking the easy way out.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 17, 2022

Without the two leads, “True Things” doesn’t offer much.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 14, 2022

I can imagine that this cautionary tale will have its supporters, but I found Kate such an infuriating character that it was extremely difficult to sympathise with her.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 12, 2022

Harry Wootliff's True Things is an utterly engrossing exploration of relationships, sex and loneliness.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Sep 12, 2022

Realistic drama shows psychological abuse, has lots of sex.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 11, 2022

A powerhouse performance by Ruth Wilson galvanizes this compelling character-driven saga about female desire and sexual liberation.

| Sep 9, 2022

“True Things” could have been a solid psychological drama, but it’s tedious and overly long. Further editing may have been the key between “fresh” and “rotten” for this exhausting film.

| Sep 9, 2022

A raw and passionate look at the type of love that can be both all-encompassing and destructive, passionate and dangerous.

| Sep 9, 2022

For those of you who miss films made by adults and for adults, films which treat things like sex and loneliness with respect and honesty, True Things isn't to be missed.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 9, 2022

In the end, Wilson and Wootliff make this picture work by emphasizing the desperation and dreariness of Kate’s life, defined by her nagging mother and micro-managing boss.

| Sep 9, 2022

Wootliff’s “True Things” is a meditation on that time between sadness and euphoria. It’s a movie that helps us understand what we may not have experienced.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 9, 2022

Well-acted and astute, this is the sort of film whose good intentions cannot overcome a fundamental misstep. The protagonist is miscast.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 9, 2022

Over time, director Harry Wootliff’s production becomes frustrating and the ending doesn’t feel earned.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 9, 2022

The movie feels stuck with ... [this character], unable to go deeper than the surface-level melancholy...

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 9, 2022

What makes the film’s episodic approach flow is the pulse-sensitive camerawork.

| Sep 8, 2022

Perhaps intentionally, the film leaves it blurry as to why she allows things to escalate the way they do. Is it truly love or the excitement of it all? The passion is undeniable, though the characters could have been more fleshed out.

| Sep 8, 2022