At times, the atmosphere of claustrophobic sexual tension is overwhelming, but there's real sadness and sensitivity here, as well as a desperately poignant performance from Morton.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 6, 2024

Samantha Morton, all of 20, throws herself wholeheartedly into the complex part.

| Aug 6, 2024

| Original Score: A | Sep 7, 2011

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 25, 2003

In her feature debut, Adler shapes her film gracefully and elicits a scorching no-holds-barred, totally selfless portrayal from Morton.

| Feb 14, 2001

Although Iris has no idea who she is, Morton is utterly certain, and inhabits her temporarily defeated soul with an ease that knocks you out.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Adler does a remarkable job of conveying the kind of anguished soul sickness that is at a loss for words or conventional expression.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Made with a novelist's eye for detail and a quietly impassioned visual flair.

| Jan 1, 2000

While Ms. Morton embodies the role with furious intensity and with a raw yet waifish presence that brings both Emily Watson and Claire Danes to mind, Ms. Adler directs the film in ways that live up to its title.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000

After a promising beginning ... the crux of the story ... is taken for granted and any established empathy for Iris' sad plight dwindles fast.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Morton's Iris keeps going in circles... It's a spooky, movie-dominating performance.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

It is buoyed by an unflinching performance from newcomer Samantha Morton, a young British actress who is willing to expose not only her body but her inner being as well.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000