16/04/19 A Dark Place (2018)

A young boy is found dead in a stream at the edges of a small town. A local, educationally stunted man suspects there's something more to the story than the official explanation of a tragic drowning. With a poor understanding of the world, but a shy bravery, he looks into it and finds himself descending into a spiral of secrets and dark deeds.

A British film with a mostly Irish main cast, filmed and set in the US sounds like a recipe for a mess, but it's fucking brilliant. Andrew Scott who plays the intrepid Donald is bloody excellent.
It's rare that someone can play a character with learning difficulties as subtly, sympathetically and, most important, realistically as he does in this.

I hope this film is widely seen.

10/10 (It should be a 9/10 due to one fairly naff cliche, but as I imagine it'll pass under the radar for most, I'll give it a full house)