Fresh
You may be shocked by your own reactions to "what Richard did," but you won't soon forget the movie in which he did them.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Overview
What Richard Did is a striking portrait of the fall of a Dublin golden-boy and high school rugby star whose world unravels one summer night.
Director and cast
- Lenny Abrahamson Director
- Jack Reynor as Richard Karlsen
- Roisin Murphy as Lara Hogan
- Fionn Walton as Cian Fox
- Gavin Drea as Stephen O'Brien
- Patrick Gibson as Jake
- Sam Keeley as Conor Harris
- Lars Mikkelsen as Peter Karlsen
- Lorraine Pilkington as Katherine Karlsen
- Liana O'Cleirigh as Clodagh
- Rachel Gleeson as Eimear
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Abrahamson's penetrating film asks - and does not answer - whether one viciously criminal moment is an aberration, or whether it reveals the weak, shabby person who was there all along.
Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Fresh
Mr. Reynor's portrayal of this man-child is an extraordinary screen performance in which his face registers all the conflicting emotions gripping Richard. We see every layer of him, from the scared inner child to the suave, entitled ladies' man.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
[Feels] like a Bergman homage without earning the clunky label "Bergmanesque."
Sherilyn Connelly, Village Voice
Fresh
A satisfyingly knotted moral fable with some very memorable performances, including a fine piece of charismatic brooding from Reynor.
Matt Singer, Time Out New York
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