Important subject matter, shame about the film. [SPOILERS]

The subject matter regarding the DWP and the way people are de-humanised is really important.

The characters and lead actors are fantastic but, and I'm not the only person to say it, the film is a bit clunky, the script is too on the nose which takes away some of it's power and at times it just seems like the characters are just having cut up pieces of a political rant put in their mouth rather than actually talking like real people. In the scenes where do interact like real people the film comes to life.

The scene in the food bank is probably the most powerful because there's very little said apart from the lady asking Katie about how she's finding Newcastle or the scene where Dan tries to rescue Katie only to have his heart broken shows the hopelessness they find themselves in.

What about the scene where Dan is taken away by the police at the end? A Scottish guy appears and starts ranting in a way that seems to be more about working through a checklist than actually playing the scene for real.

As a piece of work to start a discussion about important issues it's effective but as an actual film telling a story it just was cringe worthy at times was crying out for a script edit.