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 'Mackinnon has always had a strong eye for the image and a better idea than his peers of how to use the camera...to reinforce the dramatic impact of the story'
'...Images stretch as wide as the screen can go...here is one director who realises that a picture is indeed worth a thousand words'
'The performances... are superb... Molly Parker is as selflessly committed as ever... fine understated work from David Wenham and Gary Lewis... while Keira Knightley finds acting depths BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM didn’t touch'
'... Young Harry Eden carries the film from beginning to end. He pulls the viewer into the emotion of the moment... simply one of the best performances by a child actor in the history of British cinema'
Alan Morrison - EMPIRE
'Harry Eden is as infectiously charming as Jamie Bell in BILLY ELLIOT'
James Christopher - THE TIMES (Berlin report)
'... A remarkable if unconventional love story about the unswerving devotion of a young son to save his mother from herself'
'Newcomer Eden is astonishing... he possesses a rare vulnerability'
'MacKinnon shoots fast, often suffocatingly close...to capture every flicker of pain and frustration'
Damon Smith - ATTITUDE
'It’s great to see (Gillies Mackinnon) return to form with the searing domestic drugs-drama'
'An incredibly moving experience... an ultimately uplifting work never betraying its gritty subject matter with uncalled-for sentimentality'
'Eden... is remarkable'
'One of the biggest surprises is the gritty performance from Keira Knightley'
'Highly competent performers...makes PURE a highly impressive package'
James Mottram - FILM REVIEW
'Brilliant newcomer...Harry Eden'
'One of the most stirring films of the year'
'...A gut-puncher of a melodrama'
'With its excellent cast and taut narrative, PURE stands as one of Mackinnon’s best films so far'
Leslie Felperin - THE BIG ISSUE
'It’s the kind of lyrical, thoughtful and inventive low-budget film the British have recently seemed in danger of forgetting how to make'
'... The film has an emotional impact few docudramas about drug addiction could ever hope to match'
'... Truthful, spontaneous performances from Harry Eden and Keira Knightley'
Geoffrey Macnab - SIGHT & SOUND
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