SummarySomerset, October 2014. When Clover Catto (Ellie Kendrick) receives a call telling her that her younger brother Charlie (Joe Blakemore) is dead, she must return to her family farm and face the man she hasn't spoken to in years: her father Aubrey (David Troughton). She is shocked to discover her home changed forever by the devastating floods that ... Read More
Directed By:Hope Dickson Leach
Written By:Hope Dickson Leach
The Levelling
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
81
User score
Generally Favorable
6.4
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
88% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Mixed
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1 Review
0% Negative
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Mar 23, 2017
100
It isn’t just one of the best debut films of the year, but one of the year’s best films, period.
May 25, 2017
80
The pint-sized simplicity of this acutely well told and acted tale should not be underestimated.
May 8, 2017
80
A somewhat dour, slightly clenched viewing experience perhaps, but delivered with admirable insight, control, and nuanced subtlety by all concerned. It stays in the mind long afterwards.
Mar 30, 2017
80
The Levelling is an intimate story, waterlogged with guilt, grief and blame, but it explores this dark spectrum with such unsentimental honesty that its tiny moments of uplift, when its repressed characters form tentative connections despite themselves, are magnified and moving.
Mar 23, 2017
80
It may be modest in scale but the film is assured in both intention and execution, building successfully towards a quietly moving climax.
Mar 20, 2017
80
The Levelling is a wonderful first feature from Hope Dickson Leach. Morose beyond measure, but leavened with subtle hope via Ellie Kendrick's superb central performance.
May 15, 2017
60
Unflinching in its depiction of rural reality, this may be a dour drama, but it has been made with sincerity and an exceptional sense of place.
User score
Generally Favorable
58% Positive
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Nov 27, 2021
6
This is quite a grim watch, due to the plot of course. Its certainly an atmospheric watch, with suitably spooky sounding music played in the background. The main theme, I reckon, is isolation - more specifically rural isolation - that, trust and secrets. Its a somewhat thoughtful watch but it was a bit grim for mea nd the plot pace is relatively slow. Its not bad as a character focussed drama though. As a British indie film, I would recommend this, yes.
Jul 17, 2017
6
image and sound is good .. acting is fine. characters are useless #$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$% $%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%
Production Company:
- BBC Film
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- Creative England
- Oldgarth Media
- Wellington Films
- iFeatures
Release Date:Mar 24, 2017
Duration:1 h 23 m
Rating:R
Awards
BAFTA Awards, Scotland
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
BFI London Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Crossing The Screen
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
