Reviews

I think Paul King has done a really good job on his first feature film, it’s good-looking, it’s quirky, it’s thoughtful and it’s still funny. ...

It was, not to put too fine a point on it, bloody awful. ...

...I wonder if some of the reviews I read were unduly charitable because they expected from the 'small town man gets sex-doll girlfriend' premise that it would be much worse. ...

It doesn't look like a good film. I hadn't heard good things about it. But it was better than I expected it to be. ...

I feel slightly bad for not liking this film, considering that it is essentially a good-humoured and affectionate British comedy about pirate radio stations in the 1960s, but I’m afraid the best that can be said for it is that it is intermittently amusing. ...

I find it quite difficult to review this film, but would like to recommend it. ...

If you want a more genuine account of the tragedy of Australia’s ‘stolen generation, watch Rabbit Proof Fence. If you want an entertaining adventure/romance/drama, you could do worse than watch Australia. ...

It is quite difficult to rate because while I found it tedious and unpleasant almost to the point of being unwatchable, it is at the same time undeniably thought provoking. ...

Vanilla Sky is a limp remake, like a cover version of a good song by an X-factor contestant. It hits the right notes, in more or less the right order, but there’s no soul and no subtlety. ...

Anton Corbjin's film about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis who killed himself at the age of 23 in 1980 after a brief but brilliant career in the music industry. ...