Clichéd, predictable and hugely sexist.

~ Stephen Carty -

Clichéd, predictable and hugely sexist.

~ Stephen Carty -

All quite predictable, but glossily done.

~ Val Kermode -

All quite predictable, but glossily done.

~ Val Kermode -

The ensemble playing is on a level of communication that hardly requires a script, flowing like sick down the front of a summer dress.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The ensemble playing is on a level of communication that hardly requires a script, flowing like sick down the front of a summer dress.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Confusion is the name of what stops being a game because after the first hour it's no fun any more.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Confusion is the name of what stops being a game because after the first hour it's no fun any more.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has a great beginning, an okay middle and a stupid ending.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has a great beginning, an okay middle and a stupid ending.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Every frame is exquisitely constructed, every breath measured.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Every frame is exquisitely constructed, every breath measured.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is no story that goes deeper than a soundbite.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is no story that goes deeper than a soundbite.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The script, like Shrek, is flabby and going to seed.

~ Tony Sullivan -

The script, like Shrek, is flabby and going to seed.

~ Tony Sullivan -

All-in-all... it’s merely OK.

~ Tony Sullivan -

All-in-all... it’s merely OK.

~ Tony Sullivan -

As the dashing assassin Puss in Boots, Antonio Banderas is perfectly cast, and there is not one moment of his performance which is not worth watching.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As the dashing assassin Puss in Boots, Antonio Banderas is perfectly cast, and there is not one moment of his performance which is not worth watching.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An instant classic and far too good for children.

~ Symon Parsons -

An instant classic and far too good for children.

~ Symon Parsons -

While both McGregor and Diaz are watchable enough as a likeable loser and a redemptive bitch, there's never any sense that they're 'made for each other'.

~ Stephen Carty -

While both McGregor and Diaz are watchable enough as a likeable loser and a redemptive bitch, there's never any sense that they're 'made for each other'.

~ Stephen Carty -

It all feels too professional, too clean, too choreographed.

~ Paul Griffiths -

It all feels too professional, too clean, too choreographed.

~ Paul Griffiths -

One of the years best and most underrated films.

~ Scott Macdonald -

One of the years best and most underrated films.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The Holiday is a romantic comedy. You know what that means.

~ Chris -

The Holiday is a romantic comedy. You know what that means.

~ Chris -

What we get insults the intelligence - no one would follow Britt Reid into a donut shop, never mind a life or death battle.

~ Martin Gray -

What we get insults the intelligence - no one would follow Britt Reid into a donut shop, never mind a life or death battle.

~ Martin Gray -

The acting is ensemble, which means no-one stands out and everyone chips in. Day-Lewis, unrecognisable behind a 'tache wedge, is the most memorable, due to The Butcher being a bigger sicko than anyone else.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The acting is ensemble, which means no-one stands out and everyone chips in. Day-Lewis, unrecognisable behind a 'tache wedge, is the most memorable, due to The Butcher being a bigger sicko than anyone else.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Gilliam uses voice over (too much?) to give a taste of the Hunter S style and help explain what on earth is going on.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Gilliam uses voice over (too much?) to give a taste of the Hunter S style and help explain what on earth is going on.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a visual piece of pop video-influenced whambammery, it is perfectly pitched.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a visual piece of pop video-influenced whambammery, it is perfectly pitched.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The script has a sense of humour that doesn't dazzle with punchy one-liners, but is consistently witty, without showing off.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The script has a sense of humour that doesn't dazzle with punchy one-liners, but is consistently witty, without showing off.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Kelly should be praised to the heavens for his willingness to juggle very big ideas and to engage with the thorniest of ethical questions, taking one couple's seemingly straightforward dilemma and transforming it into a crux of apocalyptic dimensions.

~ Anton Bitel -

Kelly should be praised to the heavens for his willingness to juggle very big ideas and to engage with the thorniest of ethical questions, taking one couple's seemingly straightforward dilemma and transforming it into a crux of apocalyptic dimensions.

~ Anton Bitel -

It is a triumph of imagination. The real-life Malkovich is put through appalling humiliations, to which he subjects with grace and humour.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It is a triumph of imagination. The real-life Malkovich is put through appalling humiliations, to which he subjects with grace and humour.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -