Dalton noted flaws in the film but said that beside them, A Field in England is a rich, strange, hauntingly intense work from a highly original writer-director team.'' Peter Debruge of Variety called A Field in England ``a defiantly unclassifiable cross-genre experiment... that simultaneously reinvents and regurgitates low-budget British cinema as it goes''. Debruge said of the director's approach, ``Clearly, Wheatley is bored with the paint-by-numbers approach of his horror contemporaries, but has swung so far in the opposite direction here, the result feels almost amateurishly avant garde at times, guilty of the sort of indulgences one barely tolerates in student films.''
Dalton noted flaws in the film but said that beside them, A Field in England is a rich, strange, hauntingly intense work from a highly original writer-director team.''
nsubj
Number=Sing
Dalton
Dalton
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
note
noted
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Plur
flaw
flaws
NOUN
NNS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
film
film
NOUN
NN
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
say
said
VERB
VBD
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
case
beside
beside
ADP
IN
obl
Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
them
PRON
PRP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
compound
Number=Sing
A
A
PROPN
NNP
nsubj
Number=Sing
Field
Field
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
England
England
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
rich
rich
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
amod
Degree=Pos
strange
strange
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advmod
hauntingly
hauntingly
ADV
RB
amod
Degree=Pos
intense
intense
ADJ
JJ
ccomp
Number=Sing
work
work
NOUN
NN
case
from
from
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
advmod
highly
highly
ADV
RB
amod
Degree=Pos
original
original
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
writer
writer
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
director
director
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
team
team
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
Peter Debruge of Variety called A Field in England ``a defiantly unclassifiable cross-genre experiment... that simultaneously reinvents and regurgitates low-budget British cinema as it goes''.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Peter
Peter
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Debruge
Debruge
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
variety
Variety
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
call
called
VERB
VBD
compound
Number=Sing
A
A
PROPN
NNP
xcomp
Number=Sing
Field
Field
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
England
England
PROPN
NNP
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
advmod
defiantly
defiantly
ADV
RB
amod
Degree=Pos
unclassifiable
unclassifiable
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
cross
cross
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
genre
genre
NOUN
NN
parataxis
Number=Sing
experiment
experiment
NOUN
NN
punct
...
...
PUNCT
,
nsubj
PronType=Rel
that
that
PRON
WDT
advmod
simultaneously
simultaneously
ADV
RB
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
reinvent
reinvents
VERB
VBZ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
regurgitate
regurgitates
VERB
VBZ
amod
Degree=Pos
low
low
ADJ
JJ
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
budget
budget
NOUN
NN
amod
Degree=Pos
British
British
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
cinema
cinema
NOUN
NN
mark
as
as
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
go
goes
VERB
VBZ
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Debruge said of the director's approach, ``Clearly, Wheatley is bored with the paint-by-numbers approach of his horror contemporaries, but has swung so far in the opposite direction here, the result feels almost amateurishly avant garde at times, guilty of the sort of indulgences one barely tolerates in student films.''
nsubj
Number=Sing
Debruge
Debruge
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
say
said
VERB
VBD
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
director
director
NOUN
NN
case
's
's
PART
POS
obl
Number=Sing
approach
approach
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
advmod
clearly
Clearly
ADV
RB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Wheatley
Wheatley
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
ccomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
bored
bored
VERB
VBN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
paint
paint
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
case
by
by
ADP
IN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
nmod
Number=Plur
number
numbers
NOUN
NNS
obl
Number=Sing
approach
approach
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
compound
Number=Sing
horror
horror
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Plur
contemporary
contemporaries
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
have
has
AUX
VBZ
conj
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
swing
swung
VERB
VBN
advmod
so
so
ADV
RB
advmod
Degree=Pos
far
far
ADV
RB
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
opposite
opposite
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
direction
direction
NOUN
NN
advmod
PronType=Dem
here
here
ADV
RB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
result
result
NOUN
NN
parataxis
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
feel
feels
VERB
VBZ
advmod
almost
almost
ADV
RB
advmod
amateurishly
amateurishly
ADV
RB
amod
Degree=Pos
avant
avant
ADJ
JJ
xcomp
Number=Sing
garde
garde
NOUN
NN
case
at
at
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Plur
time
times
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
obj
Number=Sing
guilty
guilty
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
sort
sort
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
indulgence
indulgences
NOUN
NNS
nsubj
Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
one
one
PRON
PRP
advmod
barely
barely
ADV
RB
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
tolerate
tolerates
VERB
VBZ
case
in
in
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
student
student
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Plur
film
films
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''