REVIEW - “I need the thing that happens when your brain shuts off and your heart turns on” wrote Wurtzel. As a critic, I can’t go to the movies just to have a great time. I have to come home with something to write about, so my analytic mind has to be on.

When a film makes me stop thinking, there must be greatness in it. I don’t turn a blind eye to its flaws but I certainly judge it with more indulgence, grateful for the magic it has performed on me. Trance is one of those movies which have managed to shut my brain off and turn my heart on.