Limbo documents the refugee experience with irony, wit and heart, telling the tale of a young Syrian musician waiting for asylum on a remote Scottish island.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 22, 2023

One of the greatest strengths of the film is the way that it beautifully balances tone. Sharrock skillfully manages to deftly move between comedy and tragedy... the result is something simultaneously heartbreaking yet uplifting.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 12, 2022

In a movie that's witty and perceptive, affectionate and poignant, and unwavering and clear-eyed, the tonal seesaw that Sharrock rides and perfects is just that: perfection.

Full Review | Jun 25, 2022

The feature is simultaneously a tremendously fun experience while also being harrowing and haunting in the best of ways. Relevant and important, Limbo demands to be seen and is absolutely worth seeking out!

Full Review | Original Score: A | Feb 15, 2022

Elegant simplicity itself, where droll deadpan humour, terrific performances and a humanistic vision combine to deliver a powerful refugee drama that is one of the best

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 21, 2022

Look beyond your limited worldview, Limbo says, and see the bigger, more beautiful, and more complicated picture.

Full Review | Nov 2, 2021

While Limbo is well-made, well-written and well-acted, it won't appeal to everyone, as it is slow-paced and deadpan. I thought it was great.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 6, 2021

Throughout it all, the British Egyptian El-Masry is a marvel, never once overplaying his hand or italicising the role for effect.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 2, 2021

Sharrock touches upon a fundamental aspect of the Middle Eastern relationship to Europe and the West: the emotional agony of the wait; the realisation that one's destiny is not in one's hands.

Full Review | Jul 31, 2021

A wonderful comedy that savours its remote environment while keeping its subjects at the centre of the story.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 30, 2021

Limbo is difficult to forget.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2021

Both heartbreaking and wryly funny...

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2021

Sharrock has adopted a Keatonesque deadpan aesthetic that feels arrived at via a few different places.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2021

A film as sweet as it is sad, as pertinent as it is absurd, Limbo is an experience where not much seems to happen but where little things mean the world.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 28, 2021

Ben Sharrock has created a delicate world, to deliver an asylum story filled with humour and understanding that always keeps the refugees at its centre.

Full Review | Jun 10, 2021

Limbo feels an awful lot like the kind of film designed to please American arthouse denizens, pleasant and uplifting and making sure not to ruffle any feathers in the process.

Full Review | Jun 6, 2021

Limbo crafts its own individual take on sociological constructs through cutting satire, speaking to concerns about anti-immigrant sentiment.

Full Review | Jun 5, 2021

Misguidingly dry and deadpan

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | May 28, 2021

Adventurous moviegoers will likely, hopefully be pleasantly surprised.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 15, 2021

This excellent film uses humor and insightful storytelling to deliver a thought-provoking, unexpected, and deeply human tale that rises above just the issue of immigration to a more universally human place.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 14, 2021