CAUSEWAY
Surely they were nearly at Cobham services and a well-deserved Nando’s.
★★★
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4 NOVEMBER (APPLE TV+)
CERT
TBC
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92
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DIRECTOR Lila Neugebauer
CAST Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Jayne Houdyshell, Linda Emond
PLOT After suffering an injury in Afghanistan, soldier Lynsey (Lawrence) returns to her mother’s home to recover. While there, she strikes up a friendship with car mechanic James (Henry). It soon becomes clear that they are both dealing with painful histories they’d rather forget.
2010’S WINTER’S BONE — ableak, uncompromising portrait of poverty and family — felt like the announcement of a major screen talent in Jennifer Lawrence. Causeway, her return to independent filmmaking, is not quite as rich or suspenseful as that early breakthrough, but it shares the same tough, hard edges, showcasing Lawrence as an actor capable of rare emotional depth and resonance. Only her second film in three years, it’s a reminder of what she can do with even the sparsest material.