Much lauded by the critics, this tale of a Cornish fishing village dealing with the decline of the traditional fishing industry and the influx of wealthy Londoners was shot on black and white 16mm film using a clockwork camera, with the sound dubbed in afterwards.
Kermode, Bradshaw and other critics fell over themselves to praise this debut from Mark Jenkin.
It was shíte.
I was rather pleased to read the two-word review of one disgrnutled cinema-goer: 'Baffling and odious.'
Never believe a film critic.
Sounds like you'd be better off watching the bbc2 doc on the same thing 'This Fishing Life' At least that's in colour and not too bad.
'Seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing
But different than the day before'
'Met a dwarf that was no good, dressed like Little Red Riding Hood'
'Now you're unemployed, all non-void
Walkin' round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd'