It's a pity the plot doesn't offer more in the way of surprises

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's a pity the plot doesn't offer more in the way of surprises

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The writing is sharp and succinct.

~ Richard Mowe -

The writing is sharp and succinct.

~ Richard Mowe -

The historical reality was as much about political as personal liberty, and the film reflects that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The historical reality was as much about political as personal liberty, and the film reflects that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Car chases and retro dialogue clog up the machinery

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Car chases and retro dialogue clog up the machinery

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The powerfully cathartic ending of The Bourne Ultimatum is a long shadow to get out of, and this film never quite manages it.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The powerfully cathartic ending of The Bourne Ultimatum is a long shadow to get out of, and this film never quite manages it.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Any number of the film’s frames belong in frames, fit to adorn palace walls.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Any number of the film’s frames belong in frames, fit to adorn palace walls.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Handsomely mounted and costumed with enough sparks and pace to quicken the interest and heighten the senses.

~ Richard Mowe -

Handsomely mounted and costumed with enough sparks and pace to quicken the interest and heighten the senses.

~ Richard Mowe -

The pleasure of Garland's film lies more in the deeper questions of what makes us 'human' and in the tensions generated between Caleb, Nathan and Ava than in the plot, which suffers from predictability.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The pleasure of Garland's film lies more in the deeper questions of what makes us 'human' and in the tensions generated between Caleb, Nathan and Ava than in the plot, which suffers from predictability.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a story of artists and models, the common outsider's perception that art is about creating fantasies, the much more challenging reality that it's about drawing out truth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a story of artists and models, the common outsider's perception that art is about creating fantasies, the much more challenging reality that it's about drawing out truth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The oddities don't add up to anything and the love story between Adam and Helene is as predictable as it is sad.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The oddities don't add up to anything and the love story between Adam and Helene is as predictable as it is sad.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Having delivered shock and awe in the first half on the film, Baichwal turns in the second half to projects that are small but growing fast, new approaches to old ways of doing things.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Having delivered shock and awe in the first half on the film, Baichwal turns in the second half to projects that are small but growing fast, new approaches to old ways of doing things.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Like its central character, then, this is beautiful and brave even if it fails to fully realise its potential.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like its central character, then, this is beautiful and brave even if it fails to fully realise its potential.

~ Amber Wilkinson -