Ruby Barker burst onto the scene, and onto our screens, with a starring role in Netflix sensation Bridgerton. And thanks to this limelight being shone on the young actress, it helps give attention to other projects of hers, and impressive, worthwhile ones at that. For Barker is the lead role in the powerful family drama How to Stop a Recurring Dream, and it’s an impressive display. We had the pleasure of speaking to the actress as she talks about her time shooting the film, and collaborating with director Ed Morris and on-screen sister Lily-Rose Aslandogdu. She also comments on the film’s “unconventional”, yet more authentic family dynamic, and how much Bridgerton has helped her career. She also tells us what it has been like shooting to fame in the middle of a lockdown, and we ask a couple of questions at the end, obviously, about Bridgerton season two…...
- 3/9/2021
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Compelling performances propel this family-at-war drama, but when the Bridgerton star bolts, plot implausibility creeps in
There are some strong ideas and sharply observed family dysfunction drama in this feature debut by documentary maker Ed Morris. But none are enough to stop the film sinking into silliness, with a highly implausible abduction followed by a road trip across the South Downs.
Bridgerton’s Ruby Barker plays troubled 19-year-old Yakira, who lives with her dad, his second wife and her lairy 12-year-old half-sister Kelly (Lily-Rose Aslandogdu). Family life is an emotional battlefield in their suburban semi, the two girls constantly at each other’s throats. Yakira resents the way their parents ignore Kelly’s nasty nickname for her: “No mum.” The whereabouts of her birth mother isn’t revealed until later on, but Barker’s compelling performance hints at a childhood trauma that has left Yakira feeling adrift in the world,...
There are some strong ideas and sharply observed family dysfunction drama in this feature debut by documentary maker Ed Morris. But none are enough to stop the film sinking into silliness, with a highly implausible abduction followed by a road trip across the South Downs.
Bridgerton’s Ruby Barker plays troubled 19-year-old Yakira, who lives with her dad, his second wife and her lairy 12-year-old half-sister Kelly (Lily-Rose Aslandogdu). Family life is an emotional battlefield in their suburban semi, the two girls constantly at each other’s throats. Yakira resents the way their parents ignore Kelly’s nasty nickname for her: “No mum.” The whereabouts of her birth mother isn’t revealed until later on, but Barker’s compelling performance hints at a childhood trauma that has left Yakira feeling adrift in the world,...
- 3/9/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Here is a vision of domestic hell. Paul (Jamie Michie) and Michelle’s (Miranda Nolan) marriage is all but broken, as is their relationship with daughters Kelly (Lily-Rose Aslandogdu), a recalcitrant 12-year-old, and Yakira (Ruby Barker), a young adult whose biological mother, Paul’s first wife, died of cancer. We’re given only hints as to how they fell into this nadir, but the damage seems beyond repair.
Their every exchange is crippled by snide remarks and petty disagreements. We see this when Paul sits the family down and announces that he will be moving out. Despite his calm, measured tone, Paul’s attempt at consensus is derailed by passive aggression from Michelle, churlish outbursts from Kelly, and hysterical bemusement from Yakira. It’s a skillful moment in which director Ed Morris builds a crescendo of anxiety, giving you an authentic snapshot of total, miserable dysfunction.
Suffocated by this malaise,...
Their every exchange is crippled by snide remarks and petty disagreements. We see this when Paul sits the family down and announces that he will be moving out. Despite his calm, measured tone, Paul’s attempt at consensus is derailed by passive aggression from Michelle, churlish outbursts from Kelly, and hysterical bemusement from Yakira. It’s a skillful moment in which director Ed Morris builds a crescendo of anxiety, giving you an authentic snapshot of total, miserable dysfunction.
Suffocated by this malaise,...
- 3/5/2021
- by Jack Hawkins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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