A hard and heavy watch -- for late teens and adults only -- this is a film that will floor audiences with its powerful performances and grim storytelling.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 18, 2022

Brutal British realism, with two extraordinary lead performances. Total must-see.

| May 22, 2021

It is, in my opinion, a devastating drama about the volatility of human morality. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 24, 2020

Grim, grizzled, and depressing. At times the hopelessness can be overwhelming, almost oppressive. Everyone is stuck. Everyone is broken. Everyone is desperate. However, even within the weighty bleakness, Considine paints a poetic picture.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 11, 2020

Tyrranosaur is one of those movies that makes you wonder how, and why, it ever got made, and who on earth will see it.

| Jul 29, 2019

At times this is a film you may want to look away from, even if its little speckles of violence aren't explicit and graphically shown. But Considine knows: we must look.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 6, 2019

A hackneyed, clichéd account of two fragile souls (one a violent, beligerent drunkard; the other a seemingly benign, considerate Christian) from opposite sides of the track.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 27, 2019

With a story of redemption at the center of its cold, black heart, this independent drama from the U.K. introduces us to the most unlikely hero in a film this year.

| Original Score: A- | Dec 31, 2018

Tyrannosaur proudly upholds the British cinematic tradition of producing affecting, character-driven social dramas.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 1, 2018

It is full of masculine fury and the women who take the brunt of it, and if this does not sound an attractive proposition, it's because it isn't, and never is, but, as far as these unattractive propositions go, this is powerfully affecting.

| Aug 31, 2018

It's very dark, both visibly and narratively, which fits the subject matter perfectly.

| Aug 23, 2018

Tyrannosaur is not for everyone. But if you can handle it, its rewards are worth the suffering.

| Oct 23, 2017

A stunning and memorable debut.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 14, 2013

Tyrannosaur is cinema that scars the soul - you'll only want to see it once, but once is enough.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 28, 2012

Those angling for a "feel-bad" bummer won't be disappointed.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 13, 2012

The movie is cruelly frank about the ways damage cascades down to the powerless, but while it's not for the fainthearted (or for animal lovers), rewards are there.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 1, 2012

Considine equates the denizens of a Leeds housing estate with caged beasts and Mullan's performance is beautifully calibrated - a snarling, dangerous surface hiding the loyalty and affection which can be found underneath.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 22, 2012

It sounds like an exercise in miserabilism, but Considine extracts black comedy, compassion, and dignity from his downtrodden characters and their blighted setting.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 22, 2012

More so, as familiar as a lot of this Considine does a great job of making it feel fresh and original even if little of it actually is, giving his finished film a lived-in quality that's undeniable.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 27, 2012