The film is neither as bland, nor as silly as you would suppose.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is neither as bland, nor as silly as you would suppose.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Catherine Zeta Jones never manages to engage our sympathy as someone mourning her sister or truly caring for her niece.

~ Val Kermode -

Catherine Zeta Jones never manages to engage our sympathy as someone mourning her sister or truly caring for her niece.

~ Val Kermode -

Made for HBO, the film demonstrates the high quality of some American television.

~ Richard Mowe -

Made for HBO, the film demonstrates the high quality of some American television.

~ Richard Mowe -

The perfect summer movie for the eternally 12 who like to travel in style.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The perfect summer movie for the eternally 12 who like to travel in style.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film becomes a mixture of Dad's Army and The Cockleshell Heroes (without the cockleshells).

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film becomes a mixture of Dad's Army and The Cockleshell Heroes (without the cockleshells).

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The subtlety of Guest's humour feels too soft.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The subtlety of Guest's humour feels too soft.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Gore Verbinski treats the whole thing as a romp.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Gore Verbinski treats the whole thing as a romp.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Jim Carrey plays Jimmy Stewart in a homespun piece of whimsy that is far too long.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Jim Carrey plays Jimmy Stewart in a homespun piece of whimsy that is far too long.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If you don't believe in parallel universes, fairy stories or the power of the puzzle, Story's story will leave you as cold as her skin.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If you don't believe in parallel universes, fairy stories or the power of the puzzle, Story's story will leave you as cold as her skin.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The real standout performance is Franco’s.

~ Jeff Robson -

The real standout performance is Franco’s.

~ Jeff Robson -

Altman's great triumph is in galvanising the energies of exceptional actors into a living, breathing entity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Altman's great triumph is in galvanising the energies of exceptional actors into a living, breathing entity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Buscemi gives one of his finest performances.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Buscemi gives one of his finest performances.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There's a sense that For Your Consideration has followed in the footsteps of its own premise, that of an inconsequential movie which has managed to make it.

~ Chris -

There's a sense that For Your Consideration has followed in the footsteps of its own premise, that of an inconsequential movie which has managed to make it.

~ Chris -

Evocative, wide-ranging, and evermore timely.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Evocative, wide-ranging, and evermore timely.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Being prolific implies over-exposure and repetition. Not with Allen. He gets better. He takes more risks.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Being prolific implies over-exposure and repetition. Not with Allen. He gets better. He takes more risks.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

No other director could have pulled this off, such a humane fusion of communication and technology.

~ Scott Macdonald -

No other director could have pulled this off, such a humane fusion of communication and technology.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Improvised by an exceptional cast of intelligent actors.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Improvised by an exceptional cast of intelligent actors.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -