The plot promises more than it delivers.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The plot promises more than it delivers.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Wiener-Dog is a Solondz film through and through – there's still no-one daring to be quite so acerbic and inhumane towards his characters while keeping them grounded in a sense of relatable experience.

~ David Graham -

Wiener-Dog is a Solondz film through and through – there's still no-one daring to be quite so acerbic and inhumane towards his characters while keeping them grounded in a sense of relatable experience.

~ David Graham -

There are moments when it treads dangerously close to pretension and self-importance, but the dream-like feel of the whole thing brings it down to earth.

~ David Stanners -

There are moments when it treads dangerously close to pretension and self-importance, but the dream-like feel of the whole thing brings it down to earth.

~ David Stanners -

Although a small film, it has fireworks in its heart.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Although a small film, it has fireworks in its heart.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Where the children's stories feel as nostalgically sweet as a Sherbet Dib-Dab and Delpy has always had a good feel for the comedy of discomfort, she fails to hold back and ultimately pushes the adults into caricature.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Where the children's stories feel as nostalgically sweet as a Sherbet Dib-Dab and Delpy has always had a good feel for the comedy of discomfort, she fails to hold back and ultimately pushes the adults into caricature.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Beard loves big landscapes and big animals; his joie de vivre and fascination with the scale of the universe come across strikingly in these epic frames.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Beard loves big landscapes and big animals; his joie de vivre and fascination with the scale of the universe come across strikingly in these epic frames.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Lesson is a treat. It's properly constructed, beautifully played. It might not quite cleave to classical unities but it knows enough to weave its course among them.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The Lesson is a treat. It's properly constructed, beautifully played. It might not quite cleave to classical unities but it knows enough to weave its course among them.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Hallström successfully captures the style of the Seventies, aided by a breezy original score by Carter Burwell. He also shows us the dark undercurrents of the period.

~ Val Kermode -

Hallström successfully captures the style of the Seventies, aided by a breezy original score by Carter Burwell. He also shows us the dark undercurrents of the period.

~ Val Kermode -

Alec Newman is wooden to the extreme as Victor Frankenstein.

~ Martin Drury -

Alec Newman is wooden to the extreme as Victor Frankenstein.

~ Martin Drury -

Unpredictable, offbeat and peppered with absurdist humour

~ The Exile -

Unpredictable, offbeat and peppered with absurdist humour

~ The Exile -

A fairytale for old romantics everywhere, who believe that the weapons of friendship and commitment are as vital in the fight for a relationship, as love.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A fairytale for old romantics everywhere, who believe that the weapons of friendship and commitment are as vital in the fight for a relationship, as love.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Green's richly detailed documentary is a portrait of a remarkable woman, a love letter to early cinema and a fascinating detective story all in one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Green's richly detailed documentary is a portrait of a remarkable woman, a love letter to early cinema and a fascinating detective story all in one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a tale told with unusual sensitivity and skill.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a tale told with unusual sensitivity and skill.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As the plots begin to coalesce everything becomes far too overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As the plots begin to coalesce everything becomes far too overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In the first part of the film, the script zips along with plenty of laughs but the biggest problem is that the characters, in particular Marion, become increasingly difficult to like.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In the first part of the film, the script zips along with plenty of laughs but the biggest problem is that the characters, in particular Marion, become increasingly difficult to like.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This was clearly a family affair for Delpy and a labour of love, but this film inevitably is taking a risk reheating the five-year-old meal that was 2 Days in Paris.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This was clearly a family affair for Delpy and a labour of love, but this film inevitably is taking a risk reheating the five-year-old meal that was 2 Days in Paris.

~ Owen Van Spall -