Una
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, their confrontation threatens to derail his new life and her stability.
1 December 1982, Wembley, London, England, UK
5 December 1987, Albania
17 April 1985, Bedford, New York, USA
14 May 1973, Bath, Somerset, England, UK
7 March 1974, London, England, UK
12 September 1973, Hartlepool, England, UK
2 October 1969, Liverpool, England, UK
6 October 2000, Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
9 August 1980, London, England, UK
June 23, 2017
This minimalist, Surrey-shot piece has moments where you can sense how it might have looked and felt in the theatre -- but it never feels stagey or talky. That's entirely to do with the performances by Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn.
September 03, 2016
Ben Mendelsohn and Rooney Mara play a pedophile and his target in this edgy adaptation of the David Harrower play.
June 28, 2017
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn wrestle with the slippery semantics of sexual abuse in this muscular film adaptation of David Harrower's acclaimed stage play Blackbird.
June 22, 2017
There's no denying this is uncomfortable, claustrophobic viewing, as it should be. But for all the film's efforts to transport the story from stage to screen, there's still something inescapably stagey and static about Una.
June 27, 2017
Una is an extraordinarily uncomfortable film, a challenging showcase of powerful performances that linger.
September 12, 2016
An agile, vicious piece of work that's anchored by extraordinary performances from Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn, "Una" maintains its grip even when swinging a bit too hard for the fences.
September 03, 2016
The film has a different though no less riveting intensity, thanks to Rooney Mara's emotionally naked performance in the title role, and unflinching support from Ben Mendelsohn.
June 23, 2017
It's an accomplished debut from Andrews. He's greatly assisted on the technical side by cinematographer Thimios Bakatakis's fine photography and by the intricate editing of Nick Fenton that glides between the disturbing past and the distressing present.
June 21, 2017
Uncompromising, unforgettable stuff.
June 29, 2017
This thought-provoking and emotionally volatile story is anchored by three world-class performances.
June 21, 2017
Benedict Andrews is famous for his brilliant stage metaphors - in his German production of [the source play], Ray spilled water then desperately tried to mop it up - but his film is very, very literal, [showing] us enough to stop us imagining the worst.
June 30, 2017
However good the cast is, there's no shaking the distinct impression that all these brilliant actors could be better served in a more interesting film -- or, at least, one without the drastic pacing problem in Una.

