SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Good movie but grossly overrated

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Baffling. Baffling how this film got made, baffling what the director thought he was trying to say, baffling how this script was ever considered adequate and baffling that Fassbender and Gleeson saw fit to have anything to do with this utter turkey. The main problem is that there isn't anything even approaching a sympathetic character - they are all loathsome and this it is impossible to enjoy a single moment of anything that occurs. A total waste of time and effort.

In this seductive British drama Michael Fassbender plays a young father and member of a Traveller family caught in a very tricky situation. The language is rich with slang ('gorgies' are people who live in houses), and you realize this is a movie made by someone knowing the territory. Their accents may not be perfect but the duel between father and son, with violence just underneath the surface, is extremely convincing. There are serious themes at play: family conflict and the inheritance as well as rejection of values. The film also delivers fun with details like hiding from a police helicopter under a cow or joyriding in tiny cars through estates both council and gentry. It's a teasing celebration of outsiderdom without being an endorsement.

Hot off the back of the truly awe-full Assassin's Creed, Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson teamed up once again, and did better this time around, surely!Chad Cutler (Michael Fassbender) is a member of a criminal family of travellers living in a ramshackle community somewhere in the West Country. However, Chad is trying to escape the influence of his father Colby (Brendan Gleeson) to give his family a safer and less violent life.Colby is an extremely religious man who rules the family with an iron fist, acting as a leader in both body and spirit. His proclamations of creationism grate with Chad and his wish for his children to be educated, unlike himself. This conflict is what drives most of the plot of Trespass Against Us, with Chad's son Tyson (Georgie Smith) usually being caught in the middle.The dynamic between Fassbender and Gleeson's characters is the high-point of the film by far, with both actors putting in solid performances, even managing to hold their thick accents throughout. Together they build a believable, if not a slightly frosty, father- son relationship.Fassbender is possibly one of the top hardest working actors in UK, with eleven credits since his BAFTA winning role in Hunger and Oscar-nominated roles in 12 Years A Slave and Steve Jobs so far, he hasn't disappointed.In Trespass Against Us he proves once again his range, being able to disappear into any character in blockbusters and independent films alike. Although bringing his characteristic confidence to Chad, he also shows a softer side to what could otherwise be just another criminal hard man.However, the film is also a surprisingly slow burn for what paints itself to be a crime drama. . . it's not! At least not your typical one.Gleeson's Colby is both caring and sinister as the patriarch of the Cutler family, at one point screaming at a police officer 'Hell hath no fury like a locked-up super goat.' He uses his deep religious beliefs to reiterate his role as the head of the family, even convincing them that the Earth is flat.Despite this, Trespass Against Us is never able to differentiate itself from other films in the genre. The travelling community is shown as nothing more than a mi-sh mash of different stereotypes and caricatures. Chad's family are not given adequate room to develop and end up feeling like props – rather than a part of the greater narrative.Overall, the film has enough power and can leave most of you in awe, in a very respectable way as Fassbender and Gleeson get one more shot at greatness together, because they definitely deserve it!

Thought this was a fantastic film, didn't intend leaving a review but after seeing some of the extremely negative ones, I wanted to add some balance.To those who feel the movie had no point, went nowhere, offered nothing - I'm surprised you can't appreciate that the movie is simply a window into the lives of very real people.Yes, there's no clear narrative - it's not a story that begins at A and ends at Z, but it is a fascinating insight into the lives of others and a life so alien to the vast majority of people.There is also a message though, we're all just human at the end of the day and despite our differences we all have things in common - we just see them very differently.Fantastic film though with great performances.On another note - I'm from Ireland but I found the accents OK to cope with though there were more than a few lines of dialogue where it wasn't entirely clear what was being said.I can only imagine viewers from outside Ireland/UK would have a pretty tough time in spots - subtitles maybe recommended to assist you in some parts.