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The Ones Below

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A young affluent couple expecting their first child hits it off with the new couple that moves in downstairs, until a dinner party between them ends in a shocking accident.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2016-03-11

Runtime: 87 mins

Director: David Farr

Writer: David Farr

Spoken language: English

Genres: Thriller

Original title: The Ones Below

Production Companies: Tigerlily Films, Cuba Pictures, Kreo Films, BBC Film

Production Countries: United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Cast

Justin

Stephen Campbell Moore

Clémence Poésy

David Morrissey

Laura Birn

Deborah Findlay

Jonathan Harden

Tuyen Do

Laila Alj

Christos Lawton

Stephanie Jacob

Babyshower Woman (uncredited)

Natasha Alderslade

Abi

Anna Madeley

Sonographer 12 Weeks

Sarah Malin

Kate's Colleague

Daniel Easton

Reviews

Geronimo1967

This might have worked a little better had there been just a little more effort put into the characterisations. As it is, it's all a rather predictable drama that sees two couples living above each other in apartments in a converted house. Both are expecting a child, but when an accident robs one couple of that joyous event, rancour looms and the story takes a much darker turn as an unconvincing truce breaks out with a pretty obvious agenda. The story itself is all rather weakly delivered as the relationship between Clémence Poésy and Stephen Campbell Moore and their downstairs neighbours Laura Birn and the sparingly featured David Morrissey plays out in a none-too-plausible, indeed actually quite flawed, fashion. I think it might work better with the added intensity of a stage performance, but here it's a film that leaves too much to our own imagination to fill in the plentiful gaps in the underwhelming screenplay. It's just a bit too lightweight for the topic, sorry.

2024-06-02

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