The Virtues review – a harrowing triumph by Shane Meadows

Stephen Graham stars as a man who loses his son then unravels completely in Meadows’ bruising and brilliant new drama, his first since dealing with his own sexual abuseSometimes you just believe it, don’t you? The distance between you and the screen, you and the characters, you and the story just collapses. You see no artifice. You don’t suspend your disbelief, willingly or otherwise, because it never comes into being.So it was with Shane Meadows’ latest offering, The Vir