This might have seemed like a barrel of laughs but it's actually just a barrel of shit.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This might have seemed like a barrel of laughs but it's actually just a barrel of shit.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's not only the best X-Men film yet, it's a fantastic piece of cinema in its own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's not only the best X-Men film yet, it's a fantastic piece of cinema in its own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is neither as bland, nor as silly as you would suppose.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is neither as bland, nor as silly as you would suppose.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's hard to imagine that this was the best version that could be salvaged from the editing room.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's hard to imagine that this was the best version that could be salvaged from the editing room.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Every time we are afforded a glimpse of the outrageous figure, the film crackles with energy.

~ Luke Shaw -

Every time we are afforded a glimpse of the outrageous figure, the film crackles with energy.

~ Luke Shaw -

As a heartfelt tribute to his mother, writer/director Peter Hedges's film is one of those well-intentioned pieces you feel awkward about criticising. But, like a sign that pleads 'please don't kick me', the temptation proves impossible to resist.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

As a heartfelt tribute to his mother, writer/director Peter Hedges's film is one of those well-intentioned pieces you feel awkward about criticising. But, like a sign that pleads 'please don't kick me', the temptation proves impossible to resist.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

It wouldn't matter so much if Holofcener was seeking to undercut some of this privilege but what the film appears to be saying is that it's okay to be materialistic, as long as you occasionally wring your hands about it first.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It wouldn't matter so much if Holofcener was seeking to undercut some of this privilege but what the film appears to be saying is that it's okay to be materialistic, as long as you occasionally wring your hands about it first.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For sheer style, the film is electric. Demme is incapable of being boring and consistently comes up with surprises.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

For sheer style, the film is electric. Demme is incapable of being boring and consistently comes up with surprises.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Griffiths enjoys showing us the particulars of Ellie's life and it doesn't feel like exposition though it might look a little ersatz.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Griffiths enjoys showing us the particulars of Ellie's life and it doesn't feel like exposition though it might look a little ersatz.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Interesting ideas lurk, tantalisingly, underneath the romcom formula and yet every brave move Zwick and his co-writers make is countered by something weak and formulaic, as if in apology.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Interesting ideas lurk, tantalisingly, underneath the romcom formula and yet every brave move Zwick and his co-writers make is countered by something weak and formulaic, as if in apology.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It ranks in the higher echelons of the second division for the quality of its animation and vocal support

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It ranks in the higher echelons of the second division for the quality of its animation and vocal support

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is hokum with teeth.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is hokum with teeth.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Condon lightens the academic atmosphere with an entertaining montage of interview sessions.

~ The Exile -

Condon lightens the academic atmosphere with an entertaining montage of interview sessions.

~ The Exile -

Probably the most romantic picture Lyne has attempted.

~ Stephen Carty -

Probably the most romantic picture Lyne has attempted.

~ Stephen Carty -

Only Firth's performance gives it air. The plot lacks surprise and the humour has been planted in advance.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Marshall Herskovitz, who made Legends Of The Fall into a remedy for insomnia, directs from the sitting position.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Marshall Herskovitz, who made Legends Of The Fall into a remedy for insomnia, directs from the sitting position.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It’s Frank Langella’s towering interpretation of Nixon that eventually makes every other character real.

~ Chris -

It’s Frank Langella’s towering interpretation of Nixon that eventually makes every other character real.

~ Chris -

Scriptwriters Nat Mauldin and Larry Levin lack vision to lift the movie out of TV sitcomland.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Scriptwriters Nat Mauldin and Larry Levin lack vision to lift the movie out of TV sitcomland.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As if it's not bad enough that Chef is marinated in sticky sentiment, Favreau's occasional attempts to sprinkle in heavy-handed drama make for a stodgy mix.

~ David Graham -

As if it's not bad enough that Chef is marinated in sticky sentiment, Favreau's occasional attempts to sprinkle in heavy-handed drama make for a stodgy mix.

~ David Graham -

Go, to enjoy the expensive shots of Venice and its spectacular interiors and the camped up performances from Irons, Ledger and Platt.

~ Sarah Artt -

Go, to enjoy the expensive shots of Venice and its spectacular interiors and the camped up performances from Irons, Ledger and Platt.

~ Sarah Artt -

Beatty cannot decide whether to exaggerate wacky wrinkliness, or press for prizes in the turkey neck beauty contest.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Beatty cannot decide whether to exaggerate wacky wrinkliness, or press for prizes in the turkey neck beauty contest.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Never fear, the requisite monuments duly get what's coming to them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Never fear, the requisite monuments duly get what's coming to them.

~ Jennie Kermode -