The action scenes right through the film are visceral and heart-thumping.

~ Emma Slawinski -

The action scenes right through the film are visceral and heart-thumping.

~ Emma Slawinski -

You could talk your way round the houses and still come up with very good reasons for believing that when Loach goes political, he makes Karl Marx look benign.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

You could talk your way round the houses and still come up with very good reasons for believing that when Loach goes political, he makes Karl Marx look benign.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Overall, the film looks fantastic. The special-effects work, which took a year of post-production to complete, wouldn’t look out of place in a movie with ten times the budget.

~ Steve Harwood -

Overall, the film looks fantastic. The special-effects work, which took a year of post-production to complete, wouldn’t look out of place in a movie with ten times the budget.

~ Steve Harwood -

I do not know that I could ever with a good conscience describe a film as 'perfect' but this comes close.

~ Andrew Robertson -

I do not know that I could ever with a good conscience describe a film as 'perfect' but this comes close.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Suffers from excess in almost every department.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Suffers from excess in almost every department.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A thumpingly good knuckle-biter.

~ Chris -

A thumpingly good knuckle-biter.

~ Chris -

The plot meanders and doesn’t stand up well to scrutiny.

~ Jeff Robson -

The plot meanders and doesn’t stand up well to scrutiny.

~ Jeff Robson -

God might play dice, but Nolan is a watchmaker.

~ Andrew Robertson -

God might play dice, but Nolan is a watchmaker.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There’s plenty for thoughtful children to engage with.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s plenty for thoughtful children to engage with.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The delivery of the script is highly polished from a large ensemble cast with CVs running off the page.

~ David Stanners -

The delivery of the script is highly polished from a large ensemble cast with CVs running off the page.

~ David Stanners -

A shallow, stagnant film that whiffs of plagiarism.

~ Donald Munro -

A shallow, stagnant film that whiffs of plagiarism.

~ Donald Munro -

Class and experience divisions form the bulk of the interpersonal drama and it’s as predictable as expected, with the added tedium of Hemsworth apparently defaulting back to weirdly out of place Asgardian diction, bellowing like Thor at every little thing

~ Luke Shaw -

Class and experience divisions form the bulk of the interpersonal drama and it’s as predictable as expected, with the added tedium of Hemsworth apparently defaulting back to weirdly out of place Asgardian diction, bellowing like Thor at every little thing

~ Luke Shaw -

You will no doubt need to see Inception more than once to appreciate every nuance of Nolan's carefully balanced ambiguities – but, more importantly, you will also want to.

~ Anton Bitel -

You will no doubt need to see Inception more than once to appreciate every nuance of Nolan's carefully balanced ambiguities – but, more importantly, you will also want to.

~ Anton Bitel -

Firth gives one of his brooding, unshaven, devilishly attractive performances, borrowed from romantic fiction.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Firth gives one of his brooding, unshaven, devilishly attractive performances, borrowed from romantic fiction.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The director resembles a sniper who remains unseen, but whose presence can nonetheless be felt.

~ Paul Risker -

The director resembles a sniper who remains unseen, but whose presence can nonetheless be felt.

~ Paul Risker -

Possibly the best British film of the year.

~ Chris -

Possibly the best British film of the year.

~ Chris -

This is not just a war film. It is an artistic triumph.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is not just a war film. It is an artistic triumph.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

One can't help but think that there's a great film in there struggling to get out.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One can't help but think that there's a great film in there struggling to get out.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An outstanding achievement: a rich, dark and complex movie

~ Scott Macdonald -

An outstanding achievement: a rich, dark and complex movie

~ Scott Macdonald -

Underneath the sound and fury is a subtle, poignant and often very funny take on growing up.

~ Jeff Robson -

Underneath the sound and fury is a subtle, poignant and often very funny take on growing up.

~ Jeff Robson -

Breakfast On Pluto's tone is a discomforting mixture of comedy and tragedy.

~ Richard Mellor -

Breakfast On Pluto's tone is a discomforting mixture of comedy and tragedy.

~ Richard Mellor -

Nolan has gone beyond DC Comics into a psychological no-man's land where lessons can be learned.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Nolan has gone beyond DC Comics into a psychological no-man's land where lessons can be learned.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The final 20 minutes turn the screen into a video game.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The final 20 minutes turn the screen into a video game.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There's no shying away from the fact that the New Age, twig-built mumbo-jumbo peddled here is no match from the otherworldly ancient belief systems of Peru that flow through Llosa's earlier works.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's no shying away from the fact that the New Age, twig-built mumbo-jumbo peddled here is no match from the otherworldly ancient belief systems of Peru that flow through Llosa's earlier works.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Garland needs to get back to the drawing board and look up the term 'character development' in his notes.

~ David Stanners -

Garland needs to get back to the drawing board and look up the term 'character development' in his notes.

~ David Stanners -