Adolescence

I am, quite simply, shocked and fucking blown away. Adolescence doesn’t just tell a story—it sinks its teeth into the raw, unfiltered reality of growing up today. As someone still in the thick of it, I can say with certainty that this is one of the most honest and unsettling portrayals of modern youth I’ve ever seen. It captures the recklessness, the disillusionment, and the quiet horrors that lurk beneath it all. The moment that hit me the hardest was when Jaime convinces himself he’s somehow better than the other teens because he killed her, but didn’t touch her. That kind of twisted rationalisation is terrifying, not just because of what he did, but because of what it says about morality in a world where boundaries blur too easily. The performances were outstanding, but Owen Cooper was something else entirely. The weight he carried in this role—his restraint, his unraveling—was chilling. The fact that this is his first ever role is unreal. If this is just the beginning, I can’t wait to see where he goes next. Adolescence is powerful, disturbing, and impossible to shake. It’s the kind of film that lingers, gnaws at you, and makes you see things a little differently.