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Short film reviews from some of the best movies in the UK. Read reviews from some of the best short film critics. Short Film Reviews Welcome to the UK Film Review page for short film reviews . Here you will find some of the best and brightest sparks in a sea of cinema. Filmmakers from across the globe submit their short films to us to be reviewed, and our Contributors lovingly dissect them. If you would like one of our team to write a film review of your short film, please use the form on our Submit Your Film page Our short film reviews are written by passionate film critics across the UK and aim to highlight and promote terrific filmmaking when we find it. We are always honest with our reviews, so if you are looking to submit your short film for review, please do so knowing that we will not alter what we have said because you don't like it. There is a wealth of amazing talent in the short film industry, and we hope by writing film reviews about this underexposed creativity we can get your movies to a new audience...but we need your help. Please join in the chatter on our social media channels so that we can grow our community and share the joy. Use the buttons in the footer to Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter, and Subscribe to us on YouTube #supportindiefilm. The selection of short film reviews you see below are mostly for films submitted to us. In this instance, the filmmaker has requested us to watch and provide a short film review. Alternatively, visit our Latest Short Film Reviews page . Get Your Short Film Reviewed More Film Reviews Becoming Sidney Patrick Foley Mouse! Jason Knight Ms Green and Other Lovely Beasts William Curzon We Buy Souls William Hemingway Them That's Not William Curzon I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight Jason Knight The Air Between Us Jason Knight Boy William Hemingway The Current State of the Backyard Pool Industry William Curzon Equal Opportunity Jason Knight Animus Patrick Foley In Search of Forgotten Crafts - The Heart of the Iron William Curzon Coping Chris Olson Little Brother William Curzon It Must be Done James Learoyd Solstice Jason Knight Ovary-Acting William Hemingway Without Kelly William Curzon Monkey Drum Holly Baker $13 Patrick Foley The Itch William Hemingway The Last Act William Curzon Save Me From Heaven Jason Knight The Freedom of Uselessness William Curzon Garden of an Angry God Jason Knight Load More Reviews What is a short film review? A short film review is often written by a movie critic and it's their opinion on a film that is less than sixty minutes long. Short film reviews still explore every aspect of a movie. How do I write a short film review? Writing a short film review needs to cover multiple aspects of the movie. Including the script, the characters, performances, cinematography, score & sound design, editing and so on. Sometimes we consider the piece only as a short film; whether it works in that format, other times we may think of it as a "proof of concept" for something longer, or perhaps a piece of a web series/TV show. These can be important to consider when writing a short film review. How long should a film review be? A film review should be as long as the house style. Some publications provide lengthier reviews than others. A general minimum word count would be 500. This may be also for SEO reasons, as short film reviews that are longer may be more likely to rank higher on Google. The important thing to remember is that the review should be well-structured, not full of bloated points to fill up the word count. How much money do film critics make? Film critic salaries depend massively on their publication. Many film critics are freelancers, meaning they get paid per review and sometimes this is based on word count. Making money through film reviews can be challenging. Video Short Film Reviews Below you will find a selection of short film reviews in video form! This is where one of the UK Film Review Critics records their review and we upload it to our YouTube channel (as well as TikTok and Meta Reels in some cases). A Place to Fall Down Short Film Review by Chris Olson A short film about coping with loss and grief, film critic Chris Olson gave A Place to Fall Down 4 stars. Watch his video short film review here to here from the man himself about his thoughts and feelings. OK/NOTOK Short Film Review by Patrick Foley In this short film review from Patrick Foley, he gives us his opinion of the brilliant movie OK/NOTOK. Set in a futuristic world where AI robots are available as companions (as long as you can afford the subscription), it's a riveting piece. Betrayed Short Film Review by Chris Buick Film critic Chris Buick offers up a fantastic video short film review for Betrayed. A movie about a girl with special powers who, with the help of her protective father, must elude those who would use her for nefarious means.

Film reviews and movie trailers for new movies, indie cinema and short films.Read a film review or watch a trailer on our website. FILM REVIEWS UK UK Film Review is a film reviews website based in London, UK. We promote films and movie trailers from around the world and support indie films that would usually find it hard to find the spotlight against the bigger films of cinema. From the latest blockbusters, to small indie cinema, we tackle as many films as we can. Reviewing them from all aspects, not just how many digital landscapes they blow up using CGI. We also review short films in the UK and internationally, helping filmmakers to promote their movies and raise their profile. If you would like to have a short or indie film reviewed by us, please submit all info using the button below. Take a look around, enjoy the spoils of filmmaking, film festivals and artistic expression. Our merry band of film critics are constantly hard at work, writing film reviews, or watching movie trailers for some of the most exciting movies coming out in UK cinemas. So to keep their morale up, please be nice...or at least funny if you choose to troll. Because, in the immortal words of Rick Moranis in the movie Spaceballs, "Keep firing A**holes!". By the way, on this film reviews website, you may see several references to Spaceballs. If you have not seen that classic Mel Brooks film, you MUST seek it out and tell us what you think. SUBMIT YOUR FILM Are You a Film Podcast Fan? Film critics Chris Olson and Brian Penn host a monthly podcast for all types of film fans! Whether you like the latest blockbuster releases, or streaming is your thing - we have you covered. We even review short and independent films on the podcast. Our final review is usually for a "Nostalgia" pick - something from the past worth revisiting. Previous picks for this have included Jaws, The Fly, and Good Will Hunting. Search UK Film Review Podcast wherever you like to listen and join our global community of film lovers. Get Reviewed On Our Podcast Film Reviews from UK film critics LATEST REVIEWS Becoming Sidney average rating is 3 out of 5 Searching for Satyrus average rating is 4 out of 5 The Last Sacrifice average rating is 3 out of 5 Blackout average rating is 3 out of 5 Mouse! average rating is 4 out of 5 Wuthering Heights average rating is 4 out of 5 Ms Green and Other Lovely Beasts average rating is 3 out of 5 Sweetness average rating is 3 out of 5 Our Planet, The People, My Blood average rating is 4 out of 5 We Buy Souls average rating is 3 out of 5 GOAT average rating is 3 out of 5 Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die average rating is 4 out of 5 Featured Film News FILM NEWS The Latest Film Trailers MOVIE TRAILERS Empire of Lies Undertone The Moment The Land of Sometimes Avengers: Doomsday Greenland 2: Migration Filmmaker Interviews INTERVIEWS

Film reviews from some of the biggest movies in UK cinemas. We also review short films, indie films, and documentaries. Find a movie review now. Film Reviews Here at UK Film Review we like to tackle all kinds film reviews. Our writers come from all walks of life, and feel passionate about critiquing the movies they watch. From the latest Theatrical Releases to Short Films, Indie Films, Documentaries and even Animation, the contributors of UK Film Review are as eager to please as Dev Patel in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011). If you are a filmmaker, or are working in film PR and want to promote one of your clients, please get in touch using the Submit Your Film button under the drop-down menu for Home. Take a look at our list of film reviews below from some of the hottest releases in UK cinemas. Simply click the image of the review you would like, or the title of the movie. Or use the search button to find the movie you are looking for. We have given any feature length film a star rating (out of 5) in order to help viewers sort the Citizen Kanes from the Waterworlds, the Inceptions from the Transformers. Michael Bay will be given a fair film review from our writers, but that probably will not go in his favour. Speaking of Filmmakers, head over to our Filmmaker Features page for awesome articles about some of the best filmmaking geniuses who ever lived. Movie Trailers are also available, either underneath the film reviews, or on the Movie Trailers page. And lastly, if you like your film reviews verbalised. Simply because reading is boring and listening is marvellous, then make sure you Subscribe to the UK Film Review Podcast. Our critics offer up some banterous opinions on the best and worst movies across all genres. Head over to the Podcast page, or click this link to go straight to iTunes. If you would like to read or view any of the following, simply use the navigation. Alternatively, you can click on one of the images to read the film reviews here, or simply have a ganders at the lovely movie artwork on display. Remember to listen to film reviews on our regular film podcast. GET REVIEWED average rating is 3 out of 5 Becoming Sidney Read Review average rating is 3 out of 5 The Last Sacrifice Read Review average rating is 4 out of 5 Wuthering Heights Read Review average rating is 3 out of 5 Sweetness Read Review average rating is 3 out of 5 We Buy Souls Read Review average rating is 3 out of 5 GOAT Read Review average rating is 4 out of 5 Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die Read Review average rating is 3 out of 5 The Mortuary Assistant Read Review average rating is 3 out of 5 Cutaways Read Review average rating is 3 out of 5 The Art of Telling Lies Read Review average rating is 2 out of 5 Iron Lung Read Review average rating is 4 out of 5 Boy Read Review Spoilers in our film reviews As with all digital forms of expression sometimes people may find something that upsets them online. Spoilers can often be one of these things! Whilst we do our best to ensure that major plot points, twists, character deaths and celebrity cameos are not found in our reviews, it can sometimes be difficult to judge what each and every film lover on the planet would to be a spoiler. If you feel that one of our film reviews contains one too many details then please do let us (politely) know using our social media platforms. We may then take serious action, such as expelling the critic responsible from this and every other movie publication past and present, declaring war against the studio for leading our writer into temptation, or we may do nothing at all. To be honest, it is most likely going to be the latter unless some serious rules have been broken. You may also see some movie trailers in our reviews that could also contain potential spoilers. In which case anyone who is hoping to avoid these should probably not click the play button on them. Or click the play button, turn the sound down on your device, then leave the room for a least 28 minutes whilst the trailer finishes and leaves your life naturally. You may be wondering what you could do with all 28 of those minutes! Why not read some more film reviews on another device? Or make a short film of your cat playing with a piece of string? Spend it wisely guys and gals.

Star rating: 4/5 Writer: Renee Marie Petrapoulos Director: Renee Marie Petrapoulos Starring: Tanzin Crawford and Emily Grant Souvenir is a tense portrayal of young, same-sex female love. Keira (Tanzin Crawford) and Zoe (Emily Grant) are young, in love and on holiday together in an idyllic setting in a tropical resort, with plenty of time and space for intimacy and fun. Despite this, tension is sparked when Zoe, inadvertently it seems, breaks the boundaries of intimacy by taking pictures during sex, which Keira is visibly uncomfortable with, questioning it at first but agreeing to it in the end. From here on, Keira, whose family they are on holiday with, struggles to process and react to this. Souvenir invites us to reflect on the premise of the boundaries of intimacy in romantic/sexual relationships and how the possibility of being recorded at any minute without wanting to, disrupts it when it is present during moments where it should be safe to be vulnerable and spontaneous, not pose dangers of feeling exposed. The tension continues throughout the film, which presents to us another situation where Keira is again exposed to the camera without her consent. Will Keira, at sixteen, find the healthy way to navigate this relational challenge? Souvenir is a sensuous film that contains great cinematography of golden hour summer evenings, sweaty summer evenings, and wide shots of the landscape that makes the viewer long for summer and its universal suggestion of physical pleasure and emotional release.  The performances are great, with Emily portraying Zoe’s effortless dominance quite fearlessly, and Tanzin playing Keira’s anxiety and doubts with subtlety. The realities of intimacy, privacy and respect within relationships, particularly when young, shapes us deeply and for life. How do we deal with our boundaries being transgressed for the first time, and how do we react when this continues once we have expressed discomfort with this? Zoe and Keira are both young and we could argue both equally vulnerable to power dynamics and lack of empathy within their relationship. The interesting question here is whether love and the best attempts at communication are enough for respect and healthy intimacy to be firmly established.   SOUVENIR will screen at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival.

★★★★ Directed by: #LelandMontgomery Written by: #LelandMontgomery Starring: #ChrisAguila, #CassBuggé, #ZoeChao, #WilliamThomasHodgson Film Review by: Darren Tilby Family dramas are nothing new, we’ve all suffered them at some point. And unfortunately, they often seem to come to the fore during significant and/or personal events - birthdays, weddings, etc. In Leland Montgomery’s slice-of-life exploration of sibling dynamism, that event is the death of a mother. We join three sisters – Olga (Cass Buggé), Mary (Zoe Chao) and Irene – and their younger brother, Andy (Chris Aguila), at the funeral of their recently deceased mother. And while there is an apparent closeness, there also seems to be resentment bubbling just below the surface. Resentment that, while the three sisters, still living in the family home, are “trapped” in their backwoods, go-nowhere town, Andy has managed to move out and on with his life. But, after the group decides to sell the family home, the chance for the sisters to escape their existence seems tantalisingly close. Unfortunately, with family, nothing is ever that simple. It’s an intimate cast that presents itself in Like Animals, one with an incredible amount of personality, especially for a 14-minute-long short film. Each of the sisters is easily discernable from one another, not just by the obvious differences in their appearance, but by the way they carry themselves and their attitude and mannerisms in general. It’s a truly remarkable cast, and every character here seems well developed and vital to the story, and with ample reason for their actions. The only problem here is the nature of the film itself. It’s just a tiny window into a story that should have more substance. And, sadly, it doesn’t. Thematically, Like Animals deals mainly with the usual family stuff – selfishness, anger, love and loss – and so the basic setup is pretty straightforward. But there’s certainly nothing wrong with this, in fact, the movie benefits from it immensely. However, behind this veneer lies a superlative exploration of personal choice, regret and missed chances. Eli Arenson’s work on the movie’s cinematography thoroughly emphasises the scale and prevailing sense of emptiness in the girl’s lives. Which is achieved through brilliant framing of the film’s dustbowl-like exteriors. While I do think – maybe with a little more time, or more concise writing – this could have been better, there’s a compelling examination on the complicated nature of sibling relationships here. Like Animals is a well-made piece of filmmaking and the underlying themes of regret and resignation are subtle but effective; they elevate the movie no end. But the real stars are its characters (which is fitting for a film that’s so character-oriented). The performances by the actors are superb, and the character writing itself is some of the best I’ve seen in a short film for quite some time. Like Animals is available on YouTube and linked below. And it’s well worth 14-minutes of your time.

Film Feature by Chris Olson There is a particular kind of weight that comes with the name Paul McCartney. For many of us, his melodies are not just songs; they are the architectural blueprints of our musical understanding. As an avid singer-songwriter myself, I have spent countless hours hunched over an acoustic guitar, trying to deconstruct the effortless genius of a McCartney bridge or the deceptive simplicity of his lyrical phrasing. My obsession was not born in a vacuum, of course. Like so many of my generation, I was introduced to The Beatles through my parents, whose vinyl collection served as my primary education. It is with this personal history in mind that I greeted the news of the upcoming Amazon Prime Video release, Man on the Run . Set to debut on the streaming platform later this month, the film promises an intimate, deep-dive exploration of arguably the most challenging and creatively fertile period of McCartney’s life: the immediate aftermath of the world’s most famous band breaking up. Directed by the acclaimed Morgan Neville, the documentary focuses on the decade following 1966. While the world often focuses on the "Mop Top" era or the psychedelic studio years of the late sixties, Man on the Run  looks at the man behind the myth as he navigated the 1970s. This was the era of Wings, of domestic bliss on a Scottish farm, and of a man desperately trying to find his voice again while the shadow of the Fab Four loomed large over everything he touched. As a songwriter, I find this specific narrative arc incredibly compelling. There is a profound vulnerability in seeing a global icon retreat from the stadium lights to start again from scratch. The trailer and promotional materials suggest a film that is less of a standard tribute and more of a psychological profile. We see Paul and Linda McCartney forging a new path together, defying the critics who dismissed Wings as a mere vanity project, and eventually conquering the charts once again with Band on the Run . The film utilizes a wealth of never-before-seen archival footage, including home movies and photographs from the McCartney family’s personal collection. For a fan, this is holy grail territory. To see the domesticity that fuelled hits like "Maybe I’m Amazed" provides a context that only enriches the music. It reminds us that behind the multi-platinum records was a man trying to protect his family and his sanity during a period of immense legal and emotional turmoil. Man on the Run Official Film Trailer Some people may know I am a huge fan of the "rockumentary" as a genre, but also that those movies can sometimes feel formulaic. However, with Neville at the helm—the man responsible for the sublime 20 Feet from Stardom —there is every reason to believe this will be a cut above the rest. The focus seems to be on the transition from the "we" of The Beatles to the "me" of a solo artist, a journey that is fraught with creative insecurity and the sheer terrifying freedom of having nothing left to prove but everything to lose. Man on the Run  feels like a necessary piece of the puzzle. It is likely to be a testament to the endurance of McCartney’s spirit. As the film prepares to land on Prime Video, I find myself reaching for my guitar, and breaking out a cat-distressing rendition of Let It Be.