Sorry We Missed You
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
Heavy, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.
Our read · Sorry We Missed You (2019) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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