Lurches headlong into controversial territory, unflinchingly presenting a painful story that offers no easy answers.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 1, 2021

[Una] mostly succeeds, thanks to fine acting and a smart reconstruction of its source's setting.

| Aug 13, 2020

In particular, Mendelsohn is a wonder to behold, moving from guilty to lovestruck to terrified.

| May 20, 2020

[Ben] Mendelsohn is terrific, imbuing Ray/Pete with a knowing, sly shiftiness.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 11, 2020

In transforming the source material the director has crafted a film that is as moving as it is thrilling. It is an unprecedented approach to the subject matter; an experimental treatment a promising new cinematic voice.

| May 11, 2020

Tense and well-acted, Una is not an easy film to watch, but it features two of the best performances of 2016.

| May 11, 2020

It's at once talky yet emotionally remote, and while posing a risky set of questions about sexual abuse, power and relationships, the experience is an unsatisfactory and draining slog.

| May 11, 2020

It's a terrific example of how one can take a stageplay and turn it into something far more vast, while still remaining extremely intimate, sometimes to the point where it makes the audience uncomfortable.

| May 11, 2020

I'd seek out the film if you are a big fan of [Rooney] Mara, but otherwise, it is a tough watch that leaves you questioning the intent of the movie in the first place.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 11, 2020

It's a difficult film, and at times an ambiguous one. And appropriately so, because it's Una's film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 11, 2020

Una is a film of seismic shocks built to make an audience squirm. Mission accomplished.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 11, 2020

After two hours you've caught the film's own fidgets, as it searches vainly for movements of the heart in movements of the action and movie crew.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 11, 2020

Its emotional punch hits you straight between the eyes, lingering for some time afterwards and most of that is down to the two main performances.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 11, 2020

A raw, frank examination of the psychology of the abused, the abuser, and abuse itself.

| Sep 1, 2019

Mara has an intensity that is unsettling and disquieting and she wields it here in ways that dare you to flinch in her presence.

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

Una is not an easy watch by any means - not graphic in visual content but in its emotional and verbal exchanges - but the performances will keep you gripped throughout.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 22, 2018

Una is a beautifully acted, thought-provoking ambiguity that will leave you thinking about it long after you have left the cinema.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2018

[Mara and Mendelsohn] possess a crackling chemistry as they skulk about the labyrinthine setting and threaten to topple each other's secure livelihoods.

| Oct 16, 2018

How do we fairly portray a nymphet? Are we obliged to render her a miserable purple-lipped corpse, as Una chooses to do?

| Oct 16, 2018

Adaptation or not, the story of Una is not the narrative we should be continuing to tell.

| Aug 6, 2018