Homesick

Very slow and very boring film. This may have been what lockdown felt like to some people but it wasn't for me. In this day and age we have Netflix we have music we have Internet. This just seemed too quiet and only really showed him pottering about and on the phone. I kept thinking that the film had stuck because there were so many quiet and still frames. Then I realised it was just because there was nothing happening!

This is definitely a hidden gem of a film. Set and filmed during the pandemic this gave a really accurate feeling of isolation and how tough living alone in lockdown truly is. I must confess, I could see myself like him, had my lockdown experience been anything like his. Fortunately I don't live in the middle of nowhere and I do have the means to contact people. Cos without them, I'd hate to imagine what my life could've ended up like if this movie was anything to go by.

Nothing really happens. The acting is average but the phone calls are just not believable - they ruin it tbf.

There is some atmosphere, but in a strange way. The atmosphere is the only reason I watched to the end though.

So if you want things to happen then don't watch this, but if you want a bit of English atmosphere then this might satisfy you.

The main actor is OK to be fair, just the direction and phone calls are awful.

This film is a boring waste of time. Do yourself a favour and go and watch some paint dry instead.

At first I was sceptical about the themes of the film, seeing as the experience of the pandemic has been all too real for many people, but I must admit the cast and crew did a fantastic job in the handling of the subject in a way that is hard hitting without being overly distressing for the viewer. Outside of the story itself, the film is well made, perhaps a few shaky shots and moments out of focus, which I believe were unintentional unfortunately, but it does not take anything away from the film or experience itself. Props to the editing department for an excellent job on all fronts; pacing and structure were solid - you could feel the slow decline in the Student's mentality, but also really felt the hard hitting moments - the colouring also helped set the tone of this film from the get go. All in all, I feel as though the cast and crew have delivered an excellent film; from the film itself to the fact it was all made during lockdown within COVID guidelines could not have been easy, so well done!