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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsConsidine directs with the confidence of a veteran, giving his actors room to work while letting an ominous, overcast mood hang over almost every scene.
- The grim drama is undeniably punishing, but Considine's screenplay laces in moments of warm human contact that puncture the harshness like delicate grace notes.
- 80Village VoiceNicolas RapoldVillage VoiceNicolas RapoldColman's performance comes as a revelation.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaNo walk in the park, Tyrannosaur is a character study steeped in the British (and Irish) tradition of social realism, and the experience of watching this skillfully made film is, well, exhausting.
- 70Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyIt is the kind of film that leaves you limp, exhausted and feeling battered by the end. But its wrenching performances make the beating worth weathering.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfTyrannosaur won't translate into entertainment, nor as a wake-up call to the dark side of humanity - though it does work nicely as a tart slice of hard-bitten acting; the entire cast is superb.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierPeter Mullan and Olivia Colman give such hard-as-nails, lived-in performances in this stark drama directed by Irish actor Paddy Considine ("In America," "Cinderella Man") that it's impossible not to be pulled in.
- 50Slant MagazineSimon AbramsSlant MagazineSimon AbramsThe brutality of Tyrannosaur isn't so over the top as to make director Paddy Considine's sympathy for his flawed characters look like a sham. But it does frequently bring his film's seesawing exploration of blue-collar existence to the brink of collapse.
- 40The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThe characters are trapped, suffocated, pushed through a story that gives them very little room or time to figure themselves out, and that finally turns their feelings into the wan stuff of fable.