While there are plenty of laughs, the film might be victim of a too-linear, too-literal and too-revealing trailer, and the impact of its funnier moments are dampened by familiarity.

~ Michael Pattison -

While there are plenty of laughs, the film might be victim of a too-linear, too-literal and too-revealing trailer, and the impact of its funnier moments are dampened by familiarity.

~ Michael Pattison -

Despite good performances all round (Gregory is very sympathetic), it does get boring.

~ Gator MacReady -

Despite good performances all round (Gregory is very sympathetic), it does get boring.

~ Gator MacReady -

Ayoade’s aesthetic choices as well as his many cinematic nods make the film a genuine treat for the cinephile set, but not to the extent of alienating those who may not grab the references to Bergman, Roeg, or the French New Wave.

~ Andrew Grant -

Ayoade’s aesthetic choices as well as his many cinematic nods make the film a genuine treat for the cinephile set, but not to the extent of alienating those who may not grab the references to Bergman, Roeg, or the French New Wave.

~ Andrew Grant -

The acting is patchy and, at times, wooden.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The acting is patchy and, at times, wooden.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A feelgood parable of human nature's ability to extract the positive from a negative.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A feelgood parable of human nature's ability to extract the positive from a negative.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Parker has a tendency to wallow too long in the moment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Parker has a tendency to wallow too long in the moment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's a straightforward enough tale, given life and zest by the performances.

~ Scott Macdonald -

It's a straightforward enough tale, given life and zest by the performances.

~ Scott Macdonald -

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 -

The squirm count is off the scale

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The squirm count is off the scale

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Pawlkowski has retained the qualities that made Eastern European movies so memorable in the old days.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Pawlkowski has retained the qualities that made Eastern European movies so memorable in the old days.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Where the narrative is hampered by a lack of self awareness, Feldman finds a way to turn it into something more poignant.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where the narrative is hampered by a lack of self awareness, Feldman finds a way to turn it into something more poignant.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Formulaic but exuberant, packed with quirky humour and very difficult not to like.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Formulaic but exuberant, packed with quirky humour and very difficult not to like.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's never easy to remain true to Armageddon while retaining a positive attitude towards life after life

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's never easy to remain true to Armageddon while retaining a positive attitude towards life after life

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is in danger of resembling a caricature of working class life, circa 1960

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is in danger of resembling a caricature of working class life, circa 1960

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The heavily compressed timescale does not compromise the feel of the talented cast locked into their grungy grooves

~ Scott Macdonald -

The heavily compressed timescale does not compromise the feel of the talented cast locked into their grungy grooves

~ Scott Macdonald -

If you have ever laughed at the headmaster when he slips on an egg yoke this movie is for you

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If you have ever laughed at the headmaster when he slips on an egg yoke this movie is for you

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The violence is heavy going and the atmosphere constantly fraught with a growing sense of foreboding.

~ David Stanners -

The violence is heavy going and the atmosphere constantly fraught with a growing sense of foreboding.

~ David Stanners -

The ingredients are here, jumbled up, too confusing to fit the restrictions of a single screenplay

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The ingredients are here, jumbled up, too confusing to fit the restrictions of a single screenplay

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

[Braddock's] struggle makes for great viewing and a terrific story.

~ John Gallagher -

[Braddock's] struggle makes for great viewing and a terrific story.

~ John Gallagher -

The film has some undoubted visual flair.

~ Jeff Robson -

The film has some undoubted visual flair.

~ Jeff Robson -

This is about car/motorbike chases, ruthless corruption at the highest level, a focused defense of one man’s pursuit of truth and ... the hint of romance.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is about car/motorbike chases, ruthless corruption at the highest level, a focused defense of one man’s pursuit of truth and ... the hint of romance.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Director Michael Baig-Clifford has worked wonders with his actors and seems in full control of the plot's intricate construction.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Director Michael Baig-Clifford has worked wonders with his actors and seems in full control of the plot's intricate construction.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It is as though all the moral ambiguity and mean-spiritedness of 1970s cinema had never died.

~ Anton Bitel -

It is as though all the moral ambiguity and mean-spiritedness of 1970s cinema had never died.

~ Anton Bitel -