Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Don't listen to the negative reviews

A Disappointing Continuation

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This U.S. gal is usually unable to stick with a flick in which most of the actors are so heavily accented that I can't clearly hear their dialog. While some of the spoken words were lost on me, many scenes lingered on way too long, and the story was almost too slow for me to finish, I did in fact finish. This was only because I was totally mesmerized by the performance of Molly Windsor as the lead character. She's now on my watch list!Also, whoever controlled the lighting that was always on this girl's face did a stellar job! Every shot of Lucy was so beautiful and soft to look at, like looking at fine art. Very impressed with this young girl!Picked it up via Netflix, taken in by the title and the image of the young girl on the cover.

I'm surprised to see so few reviews of this marvel. I also don't think this is a sad movie, unless you had a perfect childhood. Instead, it is reassuring and inspirational to find out that some have suffered more than us, and can put our imperfect pasts into perspective. The world is shown as seen solely through the eyes of the 11-year-old Lucy, who is almost merely an observer of her own life, with little dialogue and action in most parts; the script, the acting and the direction are as uncomplicated as they are powerful. Special mention should go to the lead actress: it is impossible to take your emotional eyes off Lucy at any time, and not to feel both the pains she suffers and the little joys she encounters; the longing for affection she endures and the masses of affection she radiates at the same time. The calm, humanity, love and care of Lucy's character are not diminished but instead reinforced by everything she goes through, and to that end she emerges triumphant from the film... and from life itself. The necessary consequence of all this is that the screen writer-director deserves the highest level of admiration, for both her life and for the direction of this piece, and also a massive thanks for sharing a lot of herself in this powerful drama.

Watched this last night knowing it would stir up all the emotions you can imagine when dealing with the abuse of children and to be honest I was hoping it would be rubbish so I would have the excuse of stopping watching. Well it was powerful stuff, understated drama without being overly dramatic. You wanted to reach out and hug the girl, buy her clean clothes, give her so called carers an earful not for not caring but for not paying attention. If the system is in any part like this, and I'm sure it is, then those in the business should get a wake up call from watching this in learning what not to do. Samantha Morton can be proud of this work as a directorial debut and I am sure it was cathartic based on her childhood as she was in care until 16. Molly Windsor is excellent in the role as the child. Robert Carlyle's is quality as usual

Actress Samantha Morton's directorial debut The Unloved was watched by nearly 2 million viewers on Channel 4 last night, Sunday 17 May.The critically acclaimed film about a girl's experiences in the care system, part of the broadcaster's Britain's Forgotten Children season, attracted a 1.9 million viewers and a 9% audience share between 9pm and 11.10pm. A further 101,000 watched on the catchup service Channel 4 +1 an hour later.South Pacific on BBC2 was watched by 2.4 million viewers, a 10% share of the audience, between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.This was followed on BBC2 by The Incredible Human Journey over the hour from 9.30pm, which averaged 2.3 million and an 11% share.