Mixing Ken Loach-style social realism with Mike Hodge's grasp of stylish murder, much in the vein of 2012's equally razor-balanced sniper shocker Tower Block, you'll be cheering for this good woman when she faces the inevitable showdown.

A Good Woman Is Hard to Find is a slow burn with an ending that's worth the wait.

It's blood curdling stuff and it's not for the squeamish, but Bolger grounds it and centers it as the story of a struggling mother protecting her loved ones at any cost.

...this is a tough, intermittently gripping thriller, but Sarah Bolger gives it a heart that makes A Good Woman is Hard to Find a cut above the norm....