The Escape

Tara is a role that she has to inhabit without flash, and Arterton does so, and movingly, in every frame in which she appears.

A quiet domestic-drama chamber piece with a vein of pure desperation thrumming beneath it.

Subtle and slow and wrenchingly empathetic, "The Escape" is about gradually realizing that the life you have may not be the one you want.

Although its title might imply some intrepid action movie, writer-director Dominic Savage's intimate, deeply emotional drama "The Escape" proves, in its own way, just as daring and harrowing an experience.

Wrenching scenes from a disintegrating marriage, beautifully played.

Gemma Arterton's strong but shattered performance as a disconnected housewife bolsters Dominic Savage's thoughtful marital drama.

Gemma Arterton continues to prove herself as an actress constantly underestimated by the masses.

It deals with a very ordinary emergency with deftness of touch, and the power of a singular performance.

A well-intentioned effort to portray the slow suffocation of a young wife in her role as the stay-at-home mother with a seemingly perfect life.

Gemma Arterton excels as a shattered mother of two in Savage's absorbing and uncompromising film

Only a brave filmmaker-and even braver actors-would attempt to tackle one of the most vexing questions of contemporary life: Why is "having it all" not quite enough?

It's the subtlety and nuance to this film which makes it such a compelling feature.