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A drama of a different kind that speaks of the world of terror and atrocity. This story begins with a teenage girl struggling to survive and finding her younger sister during the mass murder of the terrorist on July 22, 2011 at a political summer camp. This story takes place on the island of Utoya, Norway, which history has given it to be an exciting real drama.
March 6, 1997
October 29, 2018
While visceral in its depiction of the horror that day, it is let down by trite dialogue and one frankly cringeworthy scene.February 20, 2018
"U - July 22" is designed to be as immersive as it is exhausting, and largely succeeds ...November 27, 2018
There's no stronger argument against guns than the image of a child dead besides her phone - which rings with the calls of a mother that doesn't know her daughter can't answer anymore. [Full review in Portuguese]February 20, 2018
"U - July 22" cuts through so much of the contemporary cant around gun violence, around white nationalism, around xenophobia, around the politicization of historical tragedy.October 31, 2018
It's so superbly done, you're unlikely ever to want to watch it again.October 26, 2018
It's a grim, startling, and immersive experience, but without the historical rigour of Paul Greengrass's Bloody Sunday or the comforting heroics of United 93.October 26, 2018
An uncomfortable watch, without a clear moral compass.October 29, 2018
The characters in the film are fictionalised but based on the accounts of real survivors; fine to protect their identities, but dubious to deliberately twist the narrative to create additional sympathy.October 29, 2018
By focusing on the victims, Poppe allows the audience to empathise with them whilst reducing the murderer to just one brief silhouette.October 26, 2018
Shot on hand-held camera, strong on urgency and terror, the film is a tour de force though it flags slightly in the middle, It has your heart pounding along with the breathless fugitives'.February 20, 2018
Fortunately, the gimmick pays off more often than not.October 29, 2018
Emotionally more powerful than Paul Greengrass's wider-ranging July 22 but, arguably, even more pointless.