“Ellie’s genuine compassion for everyone she meets makes it a compelling and worthwhile watch”
“The documentary is thought-provoking, and Ellie’s genuine compassion for everyone she meets makes it a compelling and worthwhile watch. There is only so much she can cover in an hour and audiences will still learn an enormous amount.”
Lucy Webster, The Guardian
“Too many programmes are about celebrity journeys, but Simmonds is one of the best travellers around, largely because she is an excellent listener, adept investigator and, most crucially, knows there are no easy answers. At times she was lost for words, and if this occasionally fostered an aimless and unpolished feel, it spoke authentically to the power and knottiness of the subject.”
Ben Dowell, The Times
“The ethics around screening for disability are touched upon here, rather than deeply investigated, and while there’s a decent balance in the narrative content, the music cues throughout lean heavily on a wistful gloom, as if to emphasise how difficult and sad all of this is. The intention is pathos but the overall effect is mawkish and detracts from Simmonds’s very honest, nuanced reactions to what she and we are learning.”
Julia Raeside, The i
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