There’s no arguing with the quality of the craft here: the production design, by Beth Mickle, is vivid and full-blooded; the score, by Daniel Pemberton, is a brassy dive bar grind, all skittish drums and slutty brass.

...undeniably fresh, topical, and intriguing.

...it’s passionate, controlled and smart—a throwback to another era of American cinema, not just American life.

...a substantial and distinctive drama, unlike anything in the cinema right now...

...Norton is always well cast as neuroatypical, and he’s excellent as the usually calm, rational Lionel, who seems to share his brain with an anarchist.

Edward Norton är mycket bra i huvudrollen, och imponerar som manusförfattare och regissör.

Norton has created a lovely film that provides understanding of condition, issues, and impacts in real life...