The Zero Theorem is a messy mélange of broad pratfalls, challenged idealism, dark satire, and expansive, indeed cosmic allegory - but it also .cannot escape being seen as a kind of Brazil vers. 2.0.

~ Anton Bitel -

The Zero Theorem is a messy mélange of broad pratfalls, challenged idealism, dark satire, and expansive, indeed cosmic allegory - but it also .cannot escape being seen as a kind of Brazil vers. 2.0.

~ Anton Bitel -

Sometimes a film is more, much more, than the sum of its parts.

~ Jane Fae -

Sometimes a film is more, much more, than the sum of its parts.

~ Jane Fae -

The dismal decline in the quality of British films continues apace.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The dismal decline in the quality of British films continues apace.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A good yarn well paced and well made.

~ Donald Munro -

A good yarn well paced and well made.

~ Donald Munro -

A sometimes compelling, often baffling work that doesn’t really solve the inherent problem of its subject matter, but swings for the fences trying.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

A sometimes compelling, often baffling work that doesn’t really solve the inherent problem of its subject matter, but swings for the fences trying.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Proof that when you combine a great premise and a talented director, you don't necessarily strike gold.

~ Stephen Carty -

Proof that when you combine a great premise and a talented director, you don't necessarily strike gold.

~ Stephen Carty -

The pitting of Kingsley against Caine in this context is delightful.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The pitting of Kingsley against Caine in this context is delightful.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Amenabar would need to regress his audience back to the early Eighties for this to have any sort of suspense.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Amenabar would need to regress his audience back to the early Eighties for this to have any sort of suspense.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The reason this franchise succeeds is that it never takes itself too seriously.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The reason this franchise succeeds is that it never takes itself too seriously.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Anchoring the audience with a perennial fence-sitter allows more room for the inevitable impact of the characters' stories, without the weight of an absolute ideological argument.

~ Luke Shaw -

Anchoring the audience with a perennial fence-sitter allows more room for the inevitable impact of the characters' stories, without the weight of an absolute ideological argument.

~ Luke Shaw -

Little hints that something disturbing is happening build up well, though the film never really grips the way it should.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Little hints that something disturbing is happening build up well, though the film never really grips the way it should.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Epic, sprawling and inspirational.

~ Richard Mellor -

Epic, sprawling and inspirational.

~ Richard Mellor -

This made me proud that Britain can turn out solid, constructive comedy.

~ Chris -

This made me proud that Britain can turn out solid, constructive comedy.

~ Chris -

This is a film full of notions about the way dreams shape our personal stories as much as being shaped by them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film full of notions about the way dreams shape our personal stories as much as being shaped by them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kurzel helps to put his two actors at the top of their game.

~ Richard Mowe -

Kurzel helps to put his two actors at the top of their game.

~ Richard Mowe -

The fast pacing allied to some dark humour and a few absurd moments certainly makes for entertaining viewing, even though over time you keep waiting for the film to hit some deeper note.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The fast pacing allied to some dark humour and a few absurd moments certainly makes for entertaining viewing, even though over time you keep waiting for the film to hit some deeper note.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The battle for Jerusalem is full of jaw-dropping, breathless action.

~ Symon Parsons -

The battle for Jerusalem is full of jaw-dropping, breathless action.

~ Symon Parsons -

It's such a pleasure to see a real children's film by a real filmmaker.

~ Scott Macdonald -

It's such a pleasure to see a real children's film by a real filmmaker.

~ Scott Macdonald -

If ever there was a critic-proof film, this is most certainly it - but, pleasingly, it's so good that it doesn't have to be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If ever there was a critic-proof film, this is most certainly it - but, pleasingly, it's so good that it doesn't have to be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The Order Of The Phoenix is the best in the series.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The Order Of The Phoenix is the best in the series.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Deserving of the hype.

~ Robyn Jankel -

Deserving of the hype.

~ Robyn Jankel -

Perhaps not as good as the sum of it’s parts, McGuigan’s second effort is visually impressive, a great comeback for McDowell and a launching pad for Bettany.

~ Stephen Carty -

Perhaps not as good as the sum of it’s parts, McGuigan’s second effort is visually impressive, a great comeback for McDowell and a launching pad for Bettany.

~ Stephen Carty -

There's a volatility and a sweetness at play in what is, at heart, a character study and writer/director Craig Roberts strikes an impressive balance of mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a volatility and a sweetness at play in what is, at heart, a character study and writer/director Craig Roberts strikes an impressive balance of mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film’s 12A certificate is prohibitive for younger children – though with parental guidance kids as young as 10 might well get something from it – and yet the manner... is simply too simplistic for an older audience.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film’s 12A certificate is prohibitive for younger children – though with parental guidance kids as young as 10 might well get something from it – and yet the manner... is simply too simplistic for an older audience.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Catherine Tramell is a great character and Stone pulls it off perfectly.

~ Gator MacReady -

Catherine Tramell is a great character and Stone pulls it off perfectly.

~ Gator MacReady -

His - and Johnson's - real triumph in Anomalisa comes in the smaller gestures and human moments

~ Amber Wilkinson -

His - and Johnson's - real triumph in Anomalisa comes in the smaller gestures and human moments

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If Emmerich doesn't quite hit all his targets dead-on, he should at least be commended for trying to take his career and chosen genre down a less obvious route while remaining crowd-pleasing.

~ David Graham -

If Emmerich doesn't quite hit all his targets dead-on, he should at least be commended for trying to take his career and chosen genre down a less obvious route while remaining crowd-pleasing.

~ David Graham -