True North has opened in Britain and Ireland to widespread critical acclaim

"Morally resonant, deeply-felt drama... storm sequences of terrifying power" - Variety

"Powerfully acted, angrily topical but essentially human film... a tense thriller shot through with an important social message." - Empire

"A powerful and thought-provoking film that succeeds equally as sad human drama and compelling thriller" Channel 4 Film

"An absolute triumph... What starts out as a tough but grimly amusing account of the hardships of North Sea trawling slowly evolves, first into a gripping morality play, then a heart-wrenching examination of the darkest corners of the soul." - The Skinny

"A gut-wrenching tale of people smuggling and divided loyalties... this morality tale hits home hard" - Radio Times

"In many ways it's a disturbing story and Hudson offers few gestures of absolution, but those tiny chinks of light are all the more powerful because of it." - BBCi Films

"A sobering and deeply empathetic look at the cost of human trafficking" - The Times

"Choppy seas and agonising guilt storm through an almost Conradian tale of moral delinquency, kept afloat by excellent performances" - The Independent

"The storm scenes are thrilling; the ones below deck, chilling" - Scotland on Sunday

"Intense film-making...engagingly told, threaded through with humour, and makes for compulsive viewing." - Eye for Film

"An auspicious debut... Hudson tackles the issues raised by the script, and their complicated morality, with an admirable directness and toughness" - Irish Times

"Tense thriller with a strong social conscience" - Daily Record

"a storm sequence on par with Wolfgang Peterson's The Perfect Storm - but that's not the most impressive element of True North. The plot is the tightest this reviewer has seen in a very long time." - Entertainment Ireland