Above all, the film leaves you with the understanding that this woman’s life could not have been lived any other way.

~ Max Blinkhorn -

Above all, the film leaves you with the understanding that this woman’s life could not have been lived any other way.

~ Max Blinkhorn -

A miniature masterpiece.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A miniature masterpiece.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Marion Cotillard tenderly lets us in on every nuance of dread, every vital decision.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Marion Cotillard tenderly lets us in on every nuance of dread, every vital decision.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The story dies of neglect.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The story dies of neglect.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What's really spectacular is not the functional script but the tremendous action set pieces.

~ Trinity -

What's really spectacular is not the functional script but the tremendous action set pieces.

~ Trinity -

Rust And Bone is the rarest of cinematic delights - poignant, provocative and profoundly visceral.

~ Merlin Harries -

Rust And Bone is the rarest of cinematic delights - poignant, provocative and profoundly visceral.

~ Merlin Harries -

Johnny Depp has rarely been better.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Johnny Depp has rarely been better.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It reminds me of a series of auditions where actresses, lighting experts, choreographers and so on, all demonstrate their impeccable skills. What is totally lacking is any semblance of a film upon which to apply them.

~ Chris -

It reminds me of a series of auditions where actresses, lighting experts, choreographers and so on, all demonstrate their impeccable skills. What is totally lacking is any semblance of a film upon which to apply them.

~ Chris -

For some, Midnight In Paris will be first love; for others, a delicious encounter with an old flame.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For some, Midnight In Paris will be first love; for others, a delicious encounter with an old flame.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kurzel helps to put his two actors at the top of their game.

~ Richard Mowe -

Kurzel helps to put his two actors at the top of their game.

~ Richard Mowe -

Winslet performance holds a powerful sway, embracing Lee’s abrasive and conflicted personality and viewing the horrors with an analytical eye and a sense of bravado as well as despair.

~ Richard Mowe -

Winslet performance holds a powerful sway, embracing Lee’s abrasive and conflicted personality and viewing the horrors with an analytical eye and a sense of bravado as well as despair.

~ Richard Mowe -

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 -

The histrionics on display submerge everything else while the narrative pitch throws so much at the spectator that it is impossible to sympathise with anyone.

~ Richard Mowe -

The histrionics on display submerge everything else while the narrative pitch throws so much at the spectator that it is impossible to sympathise with anyone.

~ Richard Mowe -

A dark, dreamlike fantasy.

~ Anton Bitel -

A dark, dreamlike fantasy.

~ Anton Bitel -

How does Ismael have the derring-do to believe that all these women are there, like a bouquet, for him to choose from? He is an artist, of course, who creates his own reality.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

How does Ismael have the derring-do to believe that all these women are there, like a bouquet, for him to choose from? He is an artist, of course, who creates his own reality.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The writer-director takes great enjoyment in playing around with his various obsessions.

~ Richard Mowe -

The writer-director takes great enjoyment in playing around with his various obsessions.

~ Richard Mowe -

You will no doubt need to see Inception more than once to appreciate every nuance of Nolan's carefully balanced ambiguities – but, more importantly, you will also want to.

~ Anton Bitel -

You will no doubt need to see Inception more than once to appreciate every nuance of Nolan's carefully balanced ambiguities – but, more importantly, you will also want to.

~ Anton Bitel -

Crowe's too substantial a lead man to fit into these Hugh Grant-ish shoes.

~ Paul Griffiths -

Crowe's too substantial a lead man to fit into these Hugh Grant-ish shoes.

~ Paul Griffiths -

Cotillard's face oscillates mysteriously between the past depicted on the screen and a woman of the present who tries to understand.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Cotillard's face oscillates mysteriously between the past depicted on the screen and a woman of the present who tries to understand.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

One can't help but think that there's a great film in there struggling to get out.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One can't help but think that there's a great film in there struggling to get out.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is a distinct lack of energy and focus especially for the first hour, when nothing much happens.

~ Richard Mowe -

There is a distinct lack of energy and focus especially for the first hour, when nothing much happens.

~ Richard Mowe -

Desplechin fires off too many salvoes which hit wide of the mark

~ Richard Mowe -

Desplechin fires off too many salvoes which hit wide of the mark

~ Richard Mowe -

This film is not worth seeing. The costumes, special effects and a brilliant cast can't save it.

~ Donald Munro -

This film is not worth seeing. The costumes, special effects and a brilliant cast can't save it.

~ Donald Munro -

Another sumptuously realised and animated film that will be creeping onto lists of “films you probably haven’t seen” in a decade or so.

~ Luke Shaw -

Another sumptuously realised and animated film that will be creeping onto lists of “films you probably haven’t seen” in a decade or so.

~ Luke Shaw -

I could not have wished for a more perfect first film to wean me back into the in-cinema press screening world I left behind in March 2020.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

I could not have wished for a more perfect first film to wean me back into the in-cinema press screening world I left behind in March 2020.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -