The excellent cast pulls off slightly too sentimental backstories, adding genuine emotional heft to its bloody cat-and-mouse game.

...Thompson emerges from the surrounding mayhem with a performance both credible and touching. It has no unnecessary flourishes and she and the landscape collaborate to compelling effect.

Christopher Ross, the DP, makes the most of this amazing icy, snowy, frozen, chilly, unforgiving scenery.

‘…what’s worthwhile here is the two central performances; Emma Thompson’s sub-Fargo accent is fairly risible, but she and Judy Greer at least give as good as they get, engaging in a snarling, bloody stand-off in the snow…’