Bring Them Down

Name: Bring Them Down
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: February 7, 2025
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 63

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MUBI | Release Date: February 7, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: Michael (Christopher Abbott), the last son of a shepherding family, lives with his ailing father, Ray (Colm Meaney). When a conflict with rival farmer Gary (Paul Ready) and his son Jack (Barry Keoghan) escalates, a devastating chain of events leaves both families permanently altered.

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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The Independent Clarisse Loughrey

Feb 16, 2025

In Christopher Andrews’s stark, haunted debut – anchored by two soulfully frayed performances by Abbott and Keoghan – violence becomes the only language left to speak when shame, resentment, and desperation have stripped the words right out of these people’s mouths. Read full review

Hannah Strong

Feb 4, 2025

The most shocking element of Bring Them Down is the emotional truth at its core; Andrews’ observation of how difficult the cycles of abuse are to break is astute, and even the most sensational elements of the plot have a grim plausibility to them. But this is balanced by the empathy that Andrews and his cast show. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Feb 7, 2025

For all its ferocious focus, this is a relatively quiet movie that embraces its smallness. Read full review

William Repass

Feb 3, 2025

Bring Them Down uncovers an organic affinity between the genre mainstay of vengeance taking on a life of its own and the force exerted by paternal tradition. Read full review

Tara Brady

Oct 7, 2024

There are things to admire, but Bring Them Down is a hard film to like. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Feb 6, 2025

Thick with dank atmosphere and well-acted with a cast that includes Colm Meaney and Barry Keoghan, it’s a drama about angry men with mommy issues that starts with a slow burn and ends up to its ears in gore. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Feb 3, 2025

In plot terms there is something unsubtle, unconvincing and even absurd in where it’s all heading. Read full review

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