The best-looking and orchestrated space battle ever committed to film.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The best-looking and orchestrated space battle ever committed to film.

~ Scott Macdonald -

It is a spectacular, brilliantly realised piece of moviemaking

~ Scott Macdonald -

It is a spectacular, brilliantly realised piece of moviemaking

~ Scott Macdonald -

Few can deny the great storytelling of Lucas' true first episode of his space-opera.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Few can deny the great storytelling of Lucas' true first episode of his space-opera.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The innate absurdity of the secret agent’s life, with all its paranoia and double standards, has rarely been so elegantly and mercilessly skewered.

~ Jeff Robson -

The innate absurdity of the secret agent’s life, with all its paranoia and double standards, has rarely been so elegantly and mercilessly skewered.

~ Jeff Robson -

What remains true now, as it was then, is the scale and scope of the thing.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What remains true now, as it was then, is the scale and scope of the thing.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The writing itself is heavily structured – after 20 minutes in, it's set piece after set piece. Yet the events never feels episodic or predictable.

~ James Benefield -

The writing itself is heavily structured – after 20 minutes in, it's set piece after set piece. Yet the events never feels episodic or predictable.

~ James Benefield -

The architecture of the film - and buildings and angles are an integral part of why it works so well - rests upon the twin pillars of Katie Johnson and Alec Guinness.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The architecture of the film - and buildings and angles are an integral part of why it works so well - rests upon the twin pillars of Katie Johnson and Alec Guinness.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The best thing about this film is its razor sharp script.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The best thing about this film is its razor sharp script.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The subtle sense of humour Irons portrays, as well as superb comic turns from Keith Allen and Simon McBurney as Kafka's impish assistants, strengthens the film's absurdist undertone in keeping with the traces often encountered in Kafka's novels.

~ Niall McCallum -

The subtle sense of humour Irons portrays, as well as superb comic turns from Keith Allen and Simon McBurney as Kafka's impish assistants, strengthens the film's absurdist undertone in keeping with the traces often encountered in Kafka's novels.

~ Niall McCallum -

One of the finest book to film adaptations of all time.

~ Scott Macdonald -

One of the finest book to film adaptations of all time.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Every image drives the story on, or highlights the characters’ tragedy.

~ Jeff Robson -

Every image drives the story on, or highlights the characters’ tragedy.

~ Jeff Robson -

Lean's bridge-building drama doesn't grip as much as its reputation promises.

~ Stephen Carty -

Lean's bridge-building drama doesn't grip as much as its reputation promises.

~ Stephen Carty -