“A dark, uneasy reminder of the indelible, multi-generational stain of violence.” —Screen Daily

“It’s a powerful, urgent and deeply sad film.” —The Guardian

“The triumph of the film lies in its ability to make us admire his persistence, be alarmed at his extremity of tactics, and, above all, ponder the shape and reach of the past.” —High on Films

“A cinematic gesture of reflective and therapeutic ambitions, in a traditional exercise of overcoming painful memories, “ The Flats ” travels between past and present as one, and never as two separate entities.” —C7nema

“The Troubles are over, yes, but if The Flats shows us anything, it’s that in many, very real ways, they are not. Not to Joe, not to Jolene, not to Angie, and perhaps not to a single person living in New Lodge, Belfast, Northern Ireland.” —In Review Online

“The Flats offers a particularly accurate look at the permanence of a trauma that is impossible to get rid of.” —En Primera Fila

“The Flats offers more than a story about a man’s restaged memories of the Troubles; ultimately, it evidences how memories keep arising, and so does life itself.” —Cineuropa