Trespass Against Us (2016)

A man looks to find a way to escape the criminal ways of his outlaw family.

Director:

Adam Smith

Writer:

Alastair Siddons

Stars:

Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Lyndsey Marshal

2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Fassbender	...	Chad Cutler
Brendan Gleeson	...	Colby Cutler
Lyndsey Marshal	...	Kelly Cutler
Georgie Smith	...	Tyson Cutler
Rory Kinnear	...	P.C. Lovage
Killian Scott	...	Kenny
Sean Harris	...	Gordon Bennett
Kingsley Ben-Adir	...	Sampson
Kacie Anderson	...	Mini Cutler
Gerard Kearns	...	Lester
Tony Way	...	Norman
Barry Keoghan	...	Windows
Ezra Faroque Khan	...	Jamail (as Ezra Kahn)
Alan Williams	...	Noah
Anastasia Hille	...	Mrs. Crawley

Storyline

Living as pariahs on the outskirts of Gloucestershire, three generations of Cutlers, the infamous family of professional criminals, spend their time planning the next heist and mocking the Police. Under Colby's wing, the family's patriarch, the one who pulls all the strings and the source of all evil, Chad the eldest son, finds himself wavering from his desire to live a quiet life with his wife and son away from crime and his fearful respect to his father. When Colby devises a plan targeting Lord Lieutenant's inestimable private collection of art, the Police will come after them hard and a life of bad decisions, violence and crime will begin to collapse, underlining the fact that Chad, his father's worthy son and heir needs to make his decisions fast. Will he attempt to oppose and break up the family, or will he spread wings and begin to live his new life? After all, you've only got one family..

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Plot Keywords:

family relationships | illiteracy | domineering father | father son relationship | gypsy | 

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Taglines:

United by Blood, Divided by Fear.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language, some disturbing behavior and brief graphic nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 November 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das Gesetz der Familie

Filming Locations:

The Queens Square, Adeyfield

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,620, 22 January 2017

Gross USA:

$5,711

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$517,197

Company Credits

Production Co:

Potboiler Productions, Film4, Albert Granville

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Fassbender and Sean Harris played together before in Prometheus (2012) and Macbeth (2015).

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Quotes

Colby Cutler: Kel?
[pause]
Colby Cutler: Dogs can only play with cats so long before it's the dog that gets scratched.

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Soundtracks

The Best Part About Me Is You
Written and Performed by Barbie Smith

User Reviews

Where the zider apples grow

I saw the negative reviews before watching this film and decided that with Gleeson and Fassbender in starring roles, it couldn't be all that bad. Well, it is and then some. In England there are three types of travelling people - the original Rom gypsies (very rare now), Irish travellers who in English are often called "Tinkers" and a third group of basically itinerant criminals called "Pikeys".They travel the highways and byways of merrie England camping illegally on public or private land, terrorising the local population, taking over the nearby pubs and generally causing trouble whilst they carry on with their more traditional pursuits of begging and stealing.Eventually they move on or are moved on leaving piles of rotting garbage (you could clearly see this towards the end of the film) for someone else to clear up. That community is what this film is about.

I cannot think of a less edifying subject for a film.Are we supposed to empathise with this group of nomadic miscreants perhaps seeing something noble in their total disregard for law and order and other peoples wellbeing? Are they the modern hunter-gatherers of society turning their backs on a corrupt system and preferring to live a life free from other people's rules like working for a living and paying taxes? I neither know nor care.A totally misconceived and egotistical dog's breakfast of a film giving the audience nothing for their money.Perhaps the director once bought a sprig of heather from a woman in a straw hat and colourful clothing - " It will bring you luck dearie"- and thought it would be a good idea to make a film about these lovely people.

The accent which gave people a lot of trouble is what we call in England "West Country" - basically the counties of Devon and Cornwall. A broad west country accent is difficult to understand even for the English so I don't know how they would expect the rest of the world to cope with it- utter stupidity. Incidentally Gleeson's accent was authentic most of the time save for the occasional trip back to Dublin but Fassbender absolutely nailed it. You might say that this is what you would expect from an actor with his talents but for a man from Heidelberg it was a truly remarkable feat.

When I started this review I intended to give it a 2 but I have decided to give it 3 because the sun is shining today.