American comedies are going through a bad patch. Wit is in short supply.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

American comedies are going through a bad patch. Wit is in short supply.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The plot does not stand up to scrutiny and is so full of holes it should sink to the bottom of the Everglades. It doesn't, because it has style.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The plot does not stand up to scrutiny and is so full of holes it should sink to the bottom of the Everglades. It doesn't, because it has style.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has a great beginning, an okay middle and a stupid ending.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has a great beginning, an okay middle and a stupid ending.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is not so much a study in stereotypes, courtesy of Jimmy Dean’s legacy, but a love poem to the restless, doomed, anarchic integrity of orphaned hearts.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is not so much a study in stereotypes, courtesy of Jimmy Dean’s legacy, but a love poem to the restless, doomed, anarchic integrity of orphaned hearts.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The narrative manages to balance the personal with the wider world of space exploration while dealing with the issues of domesticity and family demands and the conflicts of pursuing a demanding work arc.

~ Richard Mowe -

The narrative manages to balance the personal with the wider world of space exploration while dealing with the issues of domesticity and family demands and the conflicts of pursuing a demanding work arc.

~ Richard Mowe -

Blatently sexist, the film has a centrefold mentality, with violent overtones.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Blatently sexist, the film has a centrefold mentality, with violent overtones.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Queer jokes aimed at Mr and Mrs Normal end up in a puddle with yesterday's tulips. Avoiding the pain loses a lot in translation.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Queer jokes aimed at Mr and Mrs Normal end up in a puddle with yesterday's tulips. Avoiding the pain loses a lot in translation.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Dillon makes a fair fist of the role of Jack.

~ Richard Mowe -

Dillon makes a fair fist of the role of Jack.

~ Richard Mowe -

Blandly inoffensive childrens entertainment that lacks creativity.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Initially seems to be another quirkily neurotic chick-flick, but soon reveals itself to be surprisingly good-natured and insightful.

~ David Graham -

Initially seems to be another quirkily neurotic chick-flick, but soon reveals itself to be surprisingly good-natured and insightful.

~ David Graham -

As compulsive as a 40-a-day fag habit.

~ Kotleta -

As compulsive as a 40-a-day fag habit.

~ Kotleta -

Haggis weaves his tapestry with infinite skill, aided by exquisite performances.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Haggis weaves his tapestry with infinite skill, aided by exquisite performances.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Clips along at a fast enough pace for you to avoid noticing its flaws.

~ Donald Munro -

Clips along at a fast enough pace for you to avoid noticing its flaws.

~ Donald Munro -

It doesn’t quite hit the mark, but that’s not to say that it isn’t a pleasant way to while away an hour and a half.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It doesn’t quite hit the mark, but that’s not to say that it isn’t a pleasant way to while away an hour and a half.

~ Jennie Kermode -