Away

Spall has lost his wife and can't cope and Temple is on the run from her violent boyfriend. An unlikely friendship develops.

Absorbing and convincing drama brought well to land through fine performances by both the leads, particularly Temple who's eyes cut right through you and a strong script

Not sure I wholly bought the ending, but I'll live with it.

My interest in cinema was first stimulated by such films as "A Taste of Honey" and "A kind of Loving"-films which depicted gritty aspects of British life. "AWAY" is a film in this tradition, a portrait of a relationship between two disparate souls in search of some sort of redemption or renewal. Juno Temple is magnetic and Timothy Spall is magnificently moody-excellent performances from both actors. The photography is very good, and I really liked the music track. Blackpool provides a great backdrop, and appealed to me as a 'character' in its own right, providing a bridge between the two characters - having simultaneously an ageing underbelly, whilst displaying regrowth and renewal-and maybe hope for a better future?

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. In today's continuously challenging world , it hit some very strong chords with me. So often new films today seem to have little to say, often the same old story lines with slight twists. However, this really got me thinking about life, it's complexities and the reality of the difficulties so many people face. Life's journey is never simple, and every so often a film is released that captures something special ...I think it will be very popular, especially with people who enjoy films that have more to them than the basic Hollywood stuff...some seriously good acting, and music fab.actually the music was superb! The story line has the ability to remind one that ,although you may have your own issues and challenges, you are not alone. In today's environment so many people face daily survival and this film reminded me , there are many in the same boat. I think it's a must see ,and is a film one could watch more than once to really capture its powerful symbolism .

Engrossingly downbeat melodrama about two disparate, down-on-their-luck characters who meet far from cutely in a dour bar in a no less moribund, off-season, brine-lashed Blackpool. While frequently grim, depressing, and emotionally raw, 'Away' never feels oppressively maudlin of self-consciously negative, since it is hard not to sympathize with the downwardly spiralling protagonist's desperate predicament, especially when they are given so much heart-wrenching humanity by gifted actors Juno Temple & Timothy Spall. This unflinchingly terse tableau of two profoundly damaged, doomily displaced souls cruelly ravaged by the arbitrary tempests of a hard-knock life ultimately proved to be a surprisingly edifying experience, and while the cinematically sweet conclusion my initially seem overly sentimental, it is, perhaps, wholly deserved. Fans of earnestly existential UK indie-dramas set within the darker interstices of everyday life should seek out talented film-maker David Blair's melancholy, darkly sardonic feature.

North western England, young Ria (Temple) runs away from an abusive man with his stash of cocaine. She hides out in Blackpool hoping to find a way to sell the stash so she and her best friend can get on with their lives away from drugs and abuse. There she meets Joseph (Spall), a run down older man who has only thoughts of killing himself because of something in his recent past. The two bond, they somehow feel safe with one another. Inevitably the abuser Dex (Ryan) finds out where she is and it comes to a showdown on the shores of Blackpool.

This was a good story, not fully original but everyone who makes one of these puts their own spin on it. I hadn't heard of any of the actors but not surprising as it is a British film and that certainly didn't stop me from watching it. The film moved along a bit slow at first and I kept getting a bit confused with all the flashbacks that were happening and there were a lot of them. Closer to the end the flashbacks started making sense.

No CGI here, wasn't needed and if there were I certainly couldn't see it. It was just a story about drugs and abuse and two opposites who form an unlikely friendship. It was enjoyable and emotional, I likely won't see it twice but I'm not sorry I watched it.