Philip Barantini is a British film director and actor, known for the feature film Boiling Point (2021) and the series Adolescence.

Directed the single-take feature film Boiling Point (2021), starring Stephen Graham. Also credited as director of the series Adolescence (covered in DeBaser reviews).

Two DeBaser reviews analyze Philip Barantini's Adolescence, highlighting themes of youth, family, and time. Reviewers note a reality-TV aesthetic and a deliberate choice to hint at rather than fully explain the central crime. Performances and direction receive praise alongside reservations about clarity and structure.

For:Viewers interested in character-driven drama, family dynamics, and films about adolescence framed through a quasi true-crime lens.

 "The thing everyone gets wrong when dealing with kids is considering them little adults. Made like us, but at a lower level. They talk like us, but a bit worse, think like us, but slightly less, that sort of thing. It's utter nonsense. They're not little versions of us. They're something else. They're a world. Completely different. They're like little visitors from another planet. The incredible and beautiful thing, the reason I chose this job, is that - every now and then - you manage to understand the language of that planet. And so you either show them the way to yours, or you don't, and you're left there, consumed by envy."

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 "Adolescence talks about love and forgiveness. I found it a masterpiece."

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