The meandering pace can get tedious at times, but cinematically it's a masterpiece.

~ Nicky Falkof -

The meandering pace can get tedious at times, but cinematically it's a masterpiece.

~ Nicky Falkof -

This gentle, beautifully made film has an understated sensitivity that runs right through it.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This gentle, beautifully made film has an understated sensitivity that runs right through it.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It isn't the blatant affronts - the aspects aimed to shock - that upset me, but the fact that the film lacks heart.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It isn't the blatant affronts - the aspects aimed to shock - that upset me, but the fact that the film lacks heart.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A romantic comedy that cuts up cliches and scatters them across the mid West.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A romantic comedy that cuts up cliches and scatters them across the mid West.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The Hollywood take on magic sporting footwear is the cinematic equivalent of fast food - easily digestible, too sweet, utterly predictable, well packaged, bland and bad for you.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The Hollywood take on magic sporting footwear is the cinematic equivalent of fast food - easily digestible, too sweet, utterly predictable, well packaged, bland and bad for you.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It would be easy to dismiss the film but for the wraparound that packs an emotional wallop hard to forget and justifies the excess that preceded it.

~ Tony Sullivan -

It would be easy to dismiss the film but for the wraparound that packs an emotional wallop hard to forget and justifies the excess that preceded it.

~ Tony Sullivan -

The gags aren’t cruel, only palely loitering.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The gags aren’t cruel, only palely loitering.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A western for sleepwalkers and dreamers.

~ Anton Bitel -

A western for sleepwalkers and dreamers.

~ Anton Bitel -

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 -

Literary responsibilities and moral ambiguities aside, Beowulf remains a rollicking good story of man versus monsters, full of gory violence, sexy women, heavy drinking, treasure and shouting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Literary responsibilities and moral ambiguities aside, Beowulf remains a rollicking good story of man versus monsters, full of gory violence, sexy women, heavy drinking, treasure and shouting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the most deservedly popular movies in cinema history.

~ Stephen Carty -

One of the most deservedly popular movies in cinema history.

~ Stephen Carty -

Each of the films in all their glory.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Each of the films in all their glory.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Wonderland? I'm afraid this Alice has gone for a Burton.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Wonderland? I'm afraid this Alice has gone for a Burton.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ideas of fascism, loss of the soul and post-apocalyptic existence, all ripe for exploration, are given a body swerve in favour of muddled new-age nonsense.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ideas of fascism, loss of the soul and post-apocalyptic existence, all ripe for exploration, are given a body swerve in favour of muddled new-age nonsense.

~ Amber Wilkinson -