The Levelling

"[Leach] gets her hands dirty, bedding down into these difficult, truculent characters and plunging us deep into the chilly loam of her mournful, atmospheric story."

"It's a magnetic performance from Kendrick, at once lost and angry, agonised and tender."

"A superbly shot and piercingly acted realist tragedy, like a really disturbing folk horror movie with the horror amputated, so that only the folk remains."

"A poised and highly promising first feature from writer/director Hope Dickson Leach."

"A modestly scaled, superbly crafted drama with a powerful sense of place."

"Expect Hope Dickson Leach to be snapped up by Hollywood in a heartbeat."

"Unflinching in its depiction of rural reality, this may be a dour drama, but it has been made with sincerity and an exceptional sense of place."