Variety · Entertainment · 2026-08-15
‘The State of Us’ Review: A Pair of Spirited Performances Lift a Familiar Yorkshire Tearjerker
The weather being what it is in Yorkshire, a sunroof is not a top priority for most car buyers in that English county — but the tired hatchback driven by young slacker Frankie (Samuel Bottomley) has one. That’s the first of a few improbabilities in “The State of Us,” an occasionally hokey but winningly sweet-natured […] Samuel Bottomley and Callum Scott Howells play estranged best friends in Ollie Gardner and Jake Harvey's likable debut 'The State of Us.' ‘The State of Us’ Review: A Pair of Spirited Performances Lift a Familiar Yorkshire Tearjerker
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