"What a wonderful, heart-breaking, life-affirming gem of a movie this is."
★★★★★
- Mark Kermode, The Observer

"This film is such a rush of vitality. It rocks."
★★★★★
- Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“This tough but hopeful London coming-of-age story will fill your heart.”
★★★★★
- Philip De Semlyen, Time Out

"Respectfully crafted, righteously funny and tender, Gavron has defined a generation like no-one else, and these efforts are not to be ignored.”
★★★★★
- Beth Webb, Empire Magazine

“Rocks is a film about youthful potential and the miracle of watching it flower in unpropitious soil. It's a pleasure to behold.”
★★★★
- Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph

"Rocks is a bona fide heartbreaker - a film that never, for one second, feels anything less than real."
★★★★
- Emma Simmonds, Radio Times

“The resulting performances - lively, giddy and authentic - define the movie, while the lovely upbeat ending sweetens an otherwise stinging social critique.”
★★★★
- Kevin Maher, The Times

“The whole movie has the... sense of deftly controlled chaos, powered not by screenwritten speeches but the unpredictable, unmistakable rhythm of real life.”
★★★★
- Danny Leigh, Financial Times