Quite possibly the best of its kind.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quite possibly the best of its kind.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This fine array of actors is charged with safeguarding a plot as weak and confused as a newborn kitten.

~ Max Crawford -

This fine array of actors is charged with safeguarding a plot as weak and confused as a newborn kitten.

~ Max Crawford -

If you've ever felt helpless in the face of political change, Taking Liberties can do something about that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you've ever felt helpless in the face of political change, Taking Liberties can do something about that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite good performances all round (Gregory is very sympathetic), it does get boring.

~ Gator MacReady -

Despite good performances all round (Gregory is very sympathetic), it does get boring.

~ Gator MacReady -

Simon Cellan Jones's first feature is an interesting TV drama. Cinematically, however, it leaves much to be desired.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Simon Cellan Jones's first feature is an interesting TV drama. Cinematically, however, it leaves much to be desired.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Gives 300 a run for its money as one of the funniest films this year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gives 300 a run for its money as one of the funniest films this year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's awful, yet is so well directed and acted that you can't take your eyes off it, no matter how much you want to.

~ Gator MacReady -

It's awful, yet is so well directed and acted that you can't take your eyes off it, no matter how much you want to.

~ Gator MacReady -

Many of the performances outshine expectation.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Many of the performances outshine expectation.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Portraying a woman of such character is no easy task, and it's unfortunate that the task has fallen to Natalie Portman.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Portraying a woman of such character is no easy task, and it's unfortunate that the task has fallen to Natalie Portman.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is potential in the scenario and a game cast, but Farr's film is hobbled by some clunky execution and tonal uncertainty.

~ Owen Van Spall -

There is potential in the scenario and a game cast, but Farr's film is hobbled by some clunky execution and tonal uncertainty.

~ Owen Van Spall -

There is something a bit bland, a bit kitchen sink, a bit telemovie, about this portrait of the artist as a young man.

~ Anton Bitel -

There is something a bit bland, a bit kitchen sink, a bit telemovie, about this portrait of the artist as a young man.

~ Anton Bitel -

As a romantic comedy, this cringes more than it cracks up.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a romantic comedy, this cringes more than it cracks up.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Centurion cannot escape the huge shadow cast by previous swords-and-sandals epics.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Centurion cannot escape the huge shadow cast by previous swords-and-sandals epics.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The character design seems off somehow, as if they've managed to find three separate uncanny valleys to pull new species out of.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The character design seems off somehow, as if they've managed to find three separate uncanny valleys to pull new species out of.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The film has some undoubted visual flair.

~ Jeff Robson -

The film has some undoubted visual flair.

~ Jeff Robson -

Catherine Tramell is a great character and Stone pulls it off perfectly.

~ Gator MacReady -

Catherine Tramell is a great character and Stone pulls it off perfectly.

~ Gator MacReady -