One of my all time favorites.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

This is no film with crashing soundtracks, wild rides and fast dialogue. But it still packs a punch. Tremendously moving look at lonely lives and people who are left with no one, during, and at the end of life.How one solitary man can care for those who have died and have no one there for them at the end, makes for quiet watching. Yet, as this very cleverly constructed movie takes you forward, you are drawn and tugged by his silent, heroic dedication and caring. And it goes quite a way beyond the call of his job.The very end is extremely touching and wonderfully moving.

This is one of the most impressive films I have seen. Not only in the last year but in the last 10 years. Eddie Marson brings a quiet resolve to a role he was born to play. A supporting cast that perfectly fits in with the pace and mood of the film. The premise is unpromising. A civil servant in a dead end job doing a job not appreciated by most. Seen as an anachronism in a modern world he does his job with pen and paper in a computer age. He shows more compassion to the dead than they received in real life. He documents and adds a small meaning to lives otherwise forgotten in a city full of people where people slip through the maelstrom of the frantic world and end up alone. At the end of the film I sat and stared at the blank screen thinking about what I had just seen. The last time I had felt as moved by a film was nearly 10 years ago. I certainly did not expect it to happen last night.

Set in modern day London - an uncaring and less than friendly city where lives carry on with their value unacknowledged. This is a film that is moving, thought provoking and causes ones own reflection on life. Loneliness is a dreadful affliction and you can never be more alone than in a crowded city. The character of May is that of someone who lives a meagre life and feels an affinity for the people he buries. A fear for his life to end in a similar way - a life ending with stories left untold or a life forgotten. The film is beautifully made with a haunting soundtrack. Marsan is one of few actors who can carry the message of a scene in without saying a word. He can convey sympathy, awkwardness, confusion etc in zero words and movement - yet tell the story nonetheless. Quite brilliant.

Eddie Marsan plays Mr. May who worked for London Borough of Kennington as the man who traces the relatives of people who have died alone. He then arranges for their 'send offs' often being the only person in attendance. He has no family and struggles to understand those that have what he does not have and yet readily shun it. Then his obnoxious boss tells him they are 'downsizing' the department and merging with a neighbouring council. He is told to close the case on his last assignment and clear out. He decides he will find out who this lonely man was and he sets out on a journey to discover this man's past and in so doing he starts to live himself.This is just a wonderful film – full of hope, loneliness, pathos and even love. Marsan is always excellent and here he carries the film, but is supported by a cast who are all excellent too – Joanne Froggatt as Kelly Stoke brings real warmth and humanity to a role which sees her with limited screen time – so is all the more noticeable for it. This is a film for people who think, who care and who want to understand more about life and death – absolutely recommended.