Francis Lee directs Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu and Ian Hart in this drama about a Yorkshire farmer who starts a sexual romance with the immigrant worker his family have taken on for a week. 

I’m going to admit I felt a little duped by the strong reviews 45 minutes into God’s Own Country. I’d seen beautiful if grim landscapes, some aggressive rough trade, a few lingering shots of big cocks and chunky knit cardies. I had been sold on an insightful drama not some broadsheet friendly rural erotica. We get there in the end though. The pressures of the economics of a failing farm, family struggles and O’Connor’s leads crippling immaturity and selfishness create enough final act disruption to keep you engaged in the faltering romance.

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