Performances by the two teenagers, Lara Belmont and Freddie Cunliffe, who have never acted before, are remarkable.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Performances by the two teenagers, Lara Belmont and Freddie Cunliffe, who have never acted before, are remarkable.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Newcomer Lewis McKenzie plays Jimmy with an energy and fire which propels everything.

~ Symon Parsons -

Newcomer Lewis McKenzie plays Jimmy with an energy and fire which propels everything.

~ Symon Parsons -

The perfunctory plot is much less of a serious crime than The Sweeney's worst offences, however - that it feels dated and, for all its surface gruffness, pretty daft.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The perfunctory plot is much less of a serious crime than The Sweeney's worst offences, however - that it feels dated and, for all its surface gruffness, pretty daft.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A gripping, exhilarating rollick through a medieval wasteland.

~ Merlin Harries -

A gripping, exhilarating rollick through a medieval wasteland.

~ Merlin Harries -

Kingsley gives a chilling performance.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Kingsley gives a chilling performance.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As the film progresses through bouts of selfishness and success, you learn to dislike him more.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As the film progresses through bouts of selfishness and success, you learn to dislike him more.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Claustrophobic and relentlessly harsh, Clarke's feature debut is a deeply distressing experience and the viewer, like this incarcerated underclass, has no escape - not for a second.

~ Nick Jones -

Claustrophobic and relentlessly harsh, Clarke's feature debut is a deeply distressing experience and the viewer, like this incarcerated underclass, has no escape - not for a second.

~ Nick Jones -

Everything Hannibal failed to be.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Everything Hannibal failed to be.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is admirable that Verbinski has chosen to forgo 3D, as the spectacle he conjures in his various set-pieces is enough to have you ducking and diving already.

~ David Graham -

It is admirable that Verbinski has chosen to forgo 3D, as the spectacle he conjures in his various set-pieces is enough to have you ducking and diving already.

~ David Graham -

For an erotic thriller it's pretty short on both thrills and eroticism.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For an erotic thriller it's pretty short on both thrills and eroticism.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you’re after a movie to rock your world then Quadrophenia is the ticket.

~ Merlin Harries -

If you’re after a movie to rock your world then Quadrophenia is the ticket.

~ Merlin Harries -

A real return to form, a fully developed story in its own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A real return to form, a fully developed story in its own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cave's screenplay is full of rich incidents, impossible moral choices and, most of all, complex characters, brought to grimy life by the excellent ensemble cast.

~ Anton Bitel -

Cave's screenplay is full of rich incidents, impossible moral choices and, most of all, complex characters, brought to grimy life by the excellent ensemble cast.

~ Anton Bitel -

The fun has been replaced by contemporary posturing, the carefree by right-on slacktivism, and the nostalgia by a desire to be an action film that revels in shocks and thrills, despite its inherent redundancy.

~ Luke Shaw -

The fun has been replaced by contemporary posturing, the carefree by right-on slacktivism, and the nostalgia by a desire to be an action film that revels in shocks and thrills, despite its inherent redundancy.

~ Luke Shaw -

Noah 2014 seems terrified of anything not spelled out.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Noah 2014 seems terrified of anything not spelled out.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The writing burns the skin off language.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The writing burns the skin off language.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The plot may be puerile, but the action never stops and the animation, however achieved, is most impressive.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The plot may be puerile, but the action never stops and the animation, however achieved, is most impressive.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The comedy rests. In fact, it goes to sleep.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The comedy rests. In fact, it goes to sleep.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

No one really acts, except Ifans, who can't help being funny, even when he's mad with rage.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

No one really acts, except Ifans, who can't help being funny, even when he's mad with rage.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Robert Carlyle's directorial debut adapts Douglas Lindsay's novel detailing the life and crimes of Barney Thomson with real panache and wit.

~ Robert Munro -

Robert Carlyle's directorial debut adapts Douglas Lindsay's novel detailing the life and crimes of Barney Thomson with real panache and wit.

~ Robert Munro -

Characterisation and incident appear thin.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Characterisation and incident appear thin.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This gang may look like lovable rogues but they're as hard as a boot in the bollocks when things get sticky

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This gang may look like lovable rogues but they're as hard as a boot in the bollocks when things get sticky

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The dialogue has a tendency to forget what century it is.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The dialogue has a tendency to forget what century it is.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Harris shines in the central role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Harris shines in the central role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As each of the Indiana Jones films has demonstrated, iconic talismans from the past can still conceal an awesome power.

~ Anton Bitel -

As each of the Indiana Jones films has demonstrated, iconic talismans from the past can still conceal an awesome power.

~ Anton Bitel -

referential re-enactments of everything from Harold Lloyd to Fritz Lang will massage the ego of the informed but like most modern remakes, these scenes lack the heart and soul of their inspirations, and aren't imaginative or exciting enough out of context

~ David Graham -

referential re-enactments of everything from Harold Lloyd to Fritz Lang will massage the ego of the informed but like most modern remakes, these scenes lack the heart and soul of their inspirations, and aren't imaginative or exciting enough out of context

~ David Graham -

Ray Winstone has always been at his best in comedy, and here he excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ray Winstone has always been at his best in comedy, and here he excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The story lacks originality

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The story lacks originality

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Ray Winstone really should have known better, though his accent – American Deep South via London East End – is possibly the funniest thing in the film.

~ Val Kermode -

Ray Winstone really should have known better, though his accent – American Deep South via London East End – is possibly the funniest thing in the film.

~ Val Kermode -

Words fail. If shock and disgust is what the directors want, they have it.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Words fail. If shock and disgust is what the directors want, they have it.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a romantic comedy, this cringes more than it cracks up.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a romantic comedy, this cringes more than it cracks up.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Limp and limping, even the short 76-minute runtime feels like a chore.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Limp and limping, even the short 76-minute runtime feels like a chore.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The acting is strong, especialy Ray Winstone, Phil Davis and Steven Waddington.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The acting is strong, especialy Ray Winstone, Phil Davis and Steven Waddington.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a talky affair designed to move away from the original BBC six-parter's cold-war paranoia in favour of a Michael Clayton-style corporate cover up.

~ Stephen Carty -

This is a talky affair designed to move away from the original BBC six-parter's cold-war paranoia in favour of a Michael Clayton-style corporate cover up.

~ Stephen Carty -

After messy, overblown mishaps like Gangs Of New York, the maestro of Mean Streets is back. With a vengeance.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

After messy, overblown mishaps like Gangs Of New York, the maestro of Mean Streets is back. With a vengeance.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It is a red-blooded, beautiful and brilliant fantasy film, as quintessentially English as Wallace &Gromit.

~ Scott Macdonald -

It is a red-blooded, beautiful and brilliant fantasy film, as quintessentially English as Wallace &Gromit.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Breaking And Entering feels genuinely homegrown, with an intelligent script, beautifully handled by actors and director.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Breaking And Entering feels genuinely homegrown, with an intelligent script, beautifully handled by actors and director.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Literary responsibilities and moral ambiguities aside, Beowulf remains a rollicking good story of man versus monsters, full of gory violence, sexy women, heavy drinking, treasure and shouting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Literary responsibilities and moral ambiguities aside, Beowulf remains a rollicking good story of man versus monsters, full of gory violence, sexy women, heavy drinking, treasure and shouting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 entertaining.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is entertaining.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The idea of the bare room, the helpless prisoner and the group of aggressive men is profoundly Pinteresque. Unfortunately it has neither Pinter's wit nor his brevity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The idea of the bare room, the helpless prisoner and the group of aggressive men is profoundly Pinteresque. Unfortunately it has neither Pinter's wit nor his brevity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pollard and Forsyth, who have previously worked with Cave on Bad Seeds videos, turn inner states into inhabitable rooms. What is real and what is unreal is not for the audience to guess.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Pollard and Forsyth, who have previously worked with Cave on Bad Seeds videos, turn inner states into inhabitable rooms. What is real and what is unreal is not for the audience to guess.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -