The humour is knuckle-to-knuckle, accurately sending up the media's hunger for a story, any story.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The humour is knuckle-to-knuckle, accurately sending up the media's hunger for a story, any story.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Consistently funny.

~ David Haviland -

Consistently funny.

~ David Haviland -

Coppola demonstrates remarkable confidence.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Coppola demonstrates remarkable confidence.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Patricia Highsmith on a low flame

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Patricia Highsmith on a low flame

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Whooshing between buildings at high speed over and over again feels like an overdose of Ritalin. The three-way baddie climax is nauseating, unexciting and full of contrivances.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Whooshing between buildings at high speed over and over again feels like an overdose of Ritalin. The three-way baddie climax is nauseating, unexciting and full of contrivances.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The effects are eye-popping and the look of the film is exquisite.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The effects are eye-popping and the look of the film is exquisite.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The 12-certificate seems severe. This is a kids movie if ever there was one.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The 12-certificate seems severe. This is a kids movie if ever there was one.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

None of the subplots follow through. Ideas hang on hooks, waiting for collection.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

None of the subplots follow through. Ideas hang on hooks, waiting for collection.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Campion treats the material with such well-mannered reverence that you begin to wish that not just the characters, but she too, would loosen up a bit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Campion treats the material with such well-mannered reverence that you begin to wish that not just the characters, but she too, would loosen up a bit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Mona Lisa Smile is beautifully shot and the dazzling cast is always watchable.

~ David Haviland -

Mona Lisa Smile is beautifully shot and the dazzling cast is always watchable.

~ David Haviland -

Lars von Trier's sublime invitation to the end of the world is a grand film by a master story teller who does not repeat himself.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Lars von Trier's sublime invitation to the end of the world is a grand film by a master story teller who does not repeat himself.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

With its genuine Versailles locations and sumptuous costuming, Marie Antoinette is a feast for the eyes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With its genuine Versailles locations and sumptuous costuming, Marie Antoinette is a feast for the eyes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A sublime family thriller

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A sublime family thriller

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The relish with which Tom Cruise delivers even the most awful lines is quite engaging.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The relish with which Tom Cruise delivers even the most awful lines is quite engaging.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

Spencer [is] particularly strong in communicating not just fluency but enthusiasm for what she does.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Spencer [is] particularly strong in communicating not just fluency but enthusiasm for what she does.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite a plot that reads like something out of Teen Romance, the film has great style and a wicked sense of humour.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Despite a plot that reads like something out of Teen Romance, the film has great style and a wicked sense of humour.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A love letter to the resilience of the bereaved.

~ Darren Amner -

A love letter to the resilience of the bereaved.

~ Darren Amner -

There are too many clashes of style, as if rookie director Michael Patrick Jann has thrown everything into the pot and stirred.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There are too many clashes of style, as if rookie director Michael Patrick Jann has thrown everything into the pot and stirred.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This one has good chemistry and a feisty performance from Dunst.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This one has good chemistry and a feisty performance from Dunst.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

I think that Civil War succeeds but I'm still not sure what it's hoping to say.

~ Andrew Robertson -

I think that Civil War succeeds but I'm still not sure what it's hoping to say.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is an adult, sophisticated love story, examining Marion Davies' passions for two very capable and sometimes ruthless men.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is an adult, sophisticated love story, examining Marion Davies' passions for two very capable and sometimes ruthless men.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Coppola’s desire for a new “soft” approach seems to have emasculated the original material while failing to engross our senses with her storytelling techniques.

~ Richard Mowe -

Coppola’s desire for a new “soft” approach seems to have emasculated the original material while failing to engross our senses with her storytelling techniques.

~ Richard Mowe -

Headland revels in the comedy of discomfort and keeps the one-liners coming, while still sticking to - and sticking it to - a romance plotline.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Headland revels in the comedy of discomfort and keeps the one-liners coming, while still sticking to - and sticking it to - a romance plotline.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Who are those grown-ups weeping in the back row? Ignore them. They're historians.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Who are those grown-ups weeping in the back row? Ignore them. They're historians.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -