Half-way through Broken I wondered if it was going to be one of those British films that is well acted, well shot, and intelligent, but just leads you from nowhere in particular to another nowhere nearby. It isn't.
The story is about 3 families living in a cul-de-sac. They are all broken in a different way; the families and the individual characters.
The acting is excellent. Not just from Tim Roth and Cillian Murphy, who don't over-dominate, but the whole cast. The children are particularly convincing, lead by the wonderful Eloise Laurence.
(aside: Cillian Murphy's character is over-billed for marketing purposes. Robert Emms and Rory Kinnear are much more significant to the story than he is)
I really liked the way that the story appeared to wander a bit and then snap back together at the end for the finale. It was all very subtle and didn't feel contrived at all.
This is quite a short film, at only 90 minutes, but it packs a lot of punch.
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