You are unlikely to see a better-looking film this year or a film that is more of its moment – but if you see this a few years hence, it will no doubt already have started looking as redundant as an Eighties arcade game.

~ Anton Bitel -

You are unlikely to see a better-looking film this year or a film that is more of its moment – but if you see this a few years hence, it will no doubt already have started looking as redundant as an Eighties arcade game.

~ Anton Bitel -

Tideland is simply magnificent. It's bleak and creepy, but at the same time charming, wide-eyed and visionary.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

Tideland is simply magnificent. It's bleak and creepy, but at the same time charming, wide-eyed and visionary.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

Fortunately, there are some superb gymnastic sequences to step up the pace.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fortunately, there are some superb gymnastic sequences to step up the pace.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The animation which has gone into these characters is magnificent, giving them lots of subtle facial expressions and body language.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The animation which has gone into these characters is magnificent, giving them lots of subtle facial expressions and body language.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film's formula is as neat as a well-pressed suit.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film's formula is as neat as a well-pressed suit.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Although the storyline is slight, the superb performances from the older experienced cast and the young actors, playing the teen trio, lift Simpatico above the norm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the storyline is slight, the superb performances from the older experienced cast and the young actors, playing the teen trio, lift Simpatico above the norm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Reynolds is the weak element, as usual.

~ Paul Logan -

Reynolds is the weak element, as usual.

~ Paul Logan -

Half way through you ask yourself, why am I watching this film?

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Half way through you ask yourself, why am I watching this film?

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a parody of Hollywood, this tickles rather than bruises.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a parody of Hollywood, this tickles rather than bruises.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

An enjoyable if uneven feel-good swipe at both US military and human endeavours.

~ Paul Griffiths -

An enjoyable if uneven feel-good swipe at both US military and human endeavours.

~ Paul Griffiths -

Mark Osborne's gently unfolding palimpsest of a film is a sweet tribute to generations of readers who have been enchanted by the prince.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mark Osborne's gently unfolding palimpsest of a film is a sweet tribute to generations of readers who have been enchanted by the prince.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bogdanovich allows the scenes to play out in near silence as the brilliance of the lighting, staging, and acting leave the viewer breathless and trembling.

~ Robert Munro -

Bogdanovich allows the scenes to play out in near silence as the brilliance of the lighting, staging, and acting leave the viewer breathless and trembling.

~ Robert Munro -

A beautiful film about family, connecting with others and finding the meaning in life.

~ Stephen Carty -

A beautiful film about family, connecting with others and finding the meaning in life.

~ Stephen Carty -

Big, dumb, explosive and, most importantly, fun.

~ Daniel Hooper -

Big, dumb, explosive and, most importantly, fun.

~ Daniel Hooper -

This is a film which knows exactly what it is and what it wants to achieve and, as a result, never pretends to be something it’s not.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

This is a film which knows exactly what it is and what it wants to achieve and, as a result, never pretends to be something it’s not.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

The ‘bad guy’ really is the bank itself – or maybe the American Dream, a frothy notion that never had much currency here and is now bankrupt in the face of a recession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The ‘bad guy’ really is the bank itself – or maybe the American Dream, a frothy notion that never had much currency here and is now bankrupt in the face of a recession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ashby's daughter Leigh MacManus is one of the few contributors to offer an off-set perspective of the man - and it comes with a poignancy and beat of heartfelt truth that is lacking elsewhere.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ashby's daughter Leigh MacManus is one of the few contributors to offer an off-set perspective of the man - and it comes with a poignancy and beat of heartfelt truth that is lacking elsewhere.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We may lose Irving's energetic prose but, thanks to Williams, we lose none of his narrative bite.

~ The Exile -

We may lose Irving's energetic prose but, thanks to Williams, we lose none of his narrative bite.

~ The Exile -

There's a sense that some of the humour which must have been present around these strong personalities is missing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a sense that some of the humour which must have been present around these strong personalities is missing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Unfortunately, for all its strong ideas and well developed themes, Cutter's Way never quite succeeds in engaging with the viewer.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Unfortunately, for all its strong ideas and well developed themes, Cutter's Way never quite succeeds in engaging with the viewer.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Effective because it is so restrained.

~ James Gracey -

Effective because it is so restrained.

~ James Gracey -

Nobody plays lazy like Jeff Bridges. You could say he was born to it. Or rather, he's such a good actor he makes it look as natural as an unmade bed.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Nobody plays lazy like Jeff Bridges. You could say he was born to it. Or rather, he's such a good actor he makes it look as natural as an unmade bed.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A thriller that, although it could have done with judicious editing at the beginning and end, nonetheless delivers laughs, shocks and, most importantly, that sense of satisfaction that only comes when puzzle pieces come together with a resounding click

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A thriller that, although it could have done with judicious editing at the beginning and end, nonetheless delivers laughs, shocks and, most importantly, that sense of satisfaction that only comes when puzzle pieces come together with a resounding click

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Only at the end does credibility falter.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Only at the end does credibility falter.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -