I saw this cold, brutal film recently and was astonished it had only a parental guidance certificate. In the UK it had a deserved X certificate ( no one under 16 admitted ) and now any child can see it. It is a degrading film, towards women and towards humanity in general. It has no moral centre and depicts 1960, or probably filmed in 1959 in the worst light. Richard Todd acts well and so does Adam Faith, but the direction is hollow and lingers on cruelty ( burning and crushing a hand, crunching underfoot fish that have been smashed to the ground. The suicide of an old man because he has nothing to live for ). This is all depicted in a matter of fact way and the Jazz score only underlines the ' normality ' of all this. Carol White is a young woman out of a remand home and is brutalised. Peter Sellars is as efficient as always as an actor, and is the centre of horror in the film. A child, no more than a toddler watches as a smashed vase is used as a weapon with fear and dread. It was unsuitable for children in 1960 and it still is, and is also unsuitable to anyone who does not want to see the sensational glamour of pain depicted with an icy approach that freezes the heart. Unremittingly violent.
Review of Never Let Go
