Reviews

Justine is an uncomfortably realistic look at how depression can impact one's and your loved one's lives. It is a portait of a young woman in her late teens or early twenties that has lost all hope in life and sees no possible future that she could try to work towards. An unbelievably powerful performance by Tallhula Haddon as Justine elevates a movie that perfects showcasing the feeling of hopelessness. As someone who has suffered from depression for a long time I have to say: I have never seen a film depict it this accurately. It also captures how hard it is to committ to relationships when suffering from depression, but also how hard it is to be in a relationship with someone who does. The film very realisticly depicts the despair and helplessness you feel when you love someone that just can't feel as happy you want him/her to.

To clarify, this is not a film to watch when you are looking for a joyful evening or something to switch off your brain after a hard day of work. If you however are in the right mindset for it, you are in for a very accurate, realistic and gut wrenching depiction of something that a lot of members of our society are going through, most of them unnoticed.