You; All That Breathes; The Catch

“It’s soapy, schlocky and preposterously plotted. The hammy dialogue verges on self-parody. Yet by sheer force of charisma and a salesman’s chutzpah, Penn Badgley somehow makes it addictively watchable. This daft drama is played with such a straight face that it becomes wildly entertaining. I don’t usually agree with the notion of ‘guilty pleasures’ but if they do exist, this ludicrously enjoyable romp is certainly one.”
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph

“Whether You is any good or not is almost beside the point at this stage. It is entertaining, but it is also sort of awful, which means it hits that sweet spot of Netflix ambience. Don’t look too hard at it and you will have a lovely time.”
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian

“It’s all still only just on the right side of trashy, but even among the gore and blood (at one point, a body is chopped into pieces with a circular saw), You manages to be glossy and meretricious, giving an American gleam to London’s streets. It’s supposed to be fun – and it is.”
Emily Baker, The i

“For the most part, the British interventions feel fun and fresh. But as the body count continues to rocket upwards without much consequence, credulity is again stretched to breaking point. How often can a person dismember a corpse with an electric saw and never get caught? It has always been far-fetched, but You’s narrative gaps were easier to wave off in its earlier days.”
Nicole Vassell, The Independent

“All That Breathes is meditative, truthful film-making that deserves to be seen anywhere the human animal coexists with others.”
Ellen E Jones, The Guardian

“This quiet, contemplative documentary about two brothers in Delhi who dedicate their lives to saving sick, injured and toxically polluted kites, which circle in the smog overhead, in a rickety, improvised bird hospital was simultaneously simple and complex. Simple in its slow, calm storytelling, but profound in the philosophical points it raised about how we are all connected in the vast ecosystem.”
Carol Midgley, The Times

“It doesn’t trade in charisma and big wow moments, nor does it overtly tug at the heartstrings. Instead Shaunak Sen’s film builds, layer upon layer, a story of quiet, selfless heroism couched as a plea for humanity to budge up and make room for other species, even the rats we see marauding in the opening images.”
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph

“I theorised early on that The Catch, now on its third episode, would prove to be more sophisticated than it looked because you don’t tend to see the brilliant Jason Watkins and Brenda Fricker in shonky potboilers. Alas, it seems you do.”
Carol Midgley, The Times