Bypass is a 2014 British thriller drama film written and directed by Duane Hopkins. It premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
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Cast
George MacKay as Tim
Benjamin Dilloway as Greg
Charlotte Spencer as Lilly
Donald Sumpter as Grandfather
Matt Cross as Lester
Anton Saunders as Fence
Lara Peake as Helen
Arabella Arnott as Mum
Chanel Cresswell as Emily
Barry Ward as the new supplier
Nicola Stapleton as Samantha
Adam Astill as the doctor
Release
The film premiered at the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Orizzonti sidebar. It was theatrically released in United Kingdom on 10 April 2015.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 44% of 9 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10. Variety described it as a "technically skilled but stylistically overwrought" film that "that remains oddly unmoving despite its surfeit of onscreen suffering". The Guardian called it a "overwrought yet convincing tale" which "hardly heads in search of fresh terrain", but "at least provides a brooding, increasingly potent spin around the familiar sights". The Hollywood Reporter described it as "a downer that could have used a few moments of levity as a breather from its artsy self-seriousness", yet "has an intensity that commands admiration".