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Starfish
'Starfish' tells the story of a couple whose love is tested to its limit after their perfect life falls apart in a single moment.
5 April 1981, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
7 April 1957, London, England, UK
October 27, 2016
Froggatt's performance finds some strong notes. And a more sophisticated and complex film might well have failed to approach the painful realness of this story.
October 28, 2016
Clark's film treats bracing subject matter with honesty and often startling intimacy but never loses sight of the courage shown by this particular family and the many others in the country affected by a truly horrifying condition.
October 27, 2016
It is gruelling to watch. But all the more important for it.
November 02, 2016
Depicting a courageous fight back with compassion and sincerity, this capably played drama has its heart firmly in the right place.
October 25, 2016
Clark has crafted a film with restrained resonance that highlights a devastating disease while remembering that those who are dealing with it are what's most important.
October 28, 2016
A brutally honest family drama that boasts a pair of great lead performances.
October 30, 2016
A tale of endurance that is explored intimately but somewhat prosaically, this is probably better suited to television than cinema.
November 12, 2016
Writer-director Bill Clark doesn't flinch from depicting the physical effects of Tom's illness, and neither does he pull any punches when it comes to showing us its gruelling emotional costs.
October 28, 2016
The "starfish" reference is milked heavily and becomes sickeningly obvious.