God's Creatures

"A mother's love forsaken."

2022 1h 41m EN

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 99

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In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community.

“A mother's love forsaken.”

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Cast

Emily Watson
Aileen O'Hara
Paul Mescal
Brian O'Hara
Aisling Franciosi
Sarah Murphy
Declan Conlon
Con O'Hara
Toni O'Rourke
Erin O'Hara
Marion O'Dwyer
Mary Fitz
Brendan McCormack
Francie D'Arcey
Lalor Roddy
Paddy O'Hara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anna Rose Holmer
Writers: Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly, Shane Crowley, Shane Crowley
Languages: Irish, English
Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Irish, English.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anna Rose Holmer, shot by Chayse Irvin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Saunder Jurriaans. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Julia Bloch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Emily Watson and Paul Mescal and Aisling Franciosi carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A mother's love forsaken.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Anna Rose Holmer directs. Chayse Irvin behind the camera. Saunder Jurriaans scores. Julia Bloch cuts. Produced in Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in Irish, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 4 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Irish, English.
3International production across 3 countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Directed by Anna Rose Holmer, shot by Chayse Irvin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Saunder Jurriaans. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Julia Bloch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Emily Watson and Paul Mescal and Aisling Franciosi carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "A mother's love forsaken.".
9IMDB entry: tt10375396 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 99 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Chayse Irvin
Original score: Saunder Jurriaans
Editing: Julia Bloch
Production design: Inbal Weinberg
Costume design: Joan Bergin
Makeup / hair: Edwina Kelly
Sound: Chris Foster
Stunt coordinator: Brendan Condren
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: God's Creatures (2022)

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CinemaSerf2023-04-01
★ 6/10
"Brian" (Paul Mescal) has recently returned to his family home on the west coast of Ireland to a warm welcome from his mother "Aileen" (Emily Watson) and a largely indifferent one from his father "Con" (Declan O'Hara). For reasons we are not told, he has returned from Australia and is soon determined to pick up his ailing grandfather's oyster farming business. Despite knowing very little about this, he knuckles down and with the help of some "borrowed" half-grown's from the seafood factory where his mother works, seems intent on making a go of things. All is set fair until one evening, "Aileen" has to pay a visit to the police station where she learns of an accusation, a very serious accusation, being levelled against the apple of her eye. She reacts defensively, and firmly, as any mother probably would - but as the remainder of the story develops, we see her begin to reconsider her position. Might he actually have done what he was accused of? The story itself is all rather weak here, sorry. Some beautiful location photography and loads of lingering shots of folks having cigarettes doesn't really ignite this. The narrative is put together in a rather bitty, unconvincing, fashion and though Watson is on great form as the increasingly conflicted lady, Mescal offers very little beyond his hail-fellow-well-met character and the underlying gist of the story is seriously undercooked. It does offer us a glimpse of the difficulties faced by those making a living in this harsh and unforgiving environment and perhaps I will think twice before I eat an Irish oyster again, but I think too much emphasis has been placed on who is in this film rather than developing a story that has depth and detail and holds the attention of the audience. It is worth a watch, and it's co-produced by BBC Film so the telly at Christmas is sure to be a place to find it.

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