It’s sweetly done, well-observed and nicely acted, but I did find I was asking myself the whole way through ‘why is it that so many British films feel as though they are ‘made for TV’?’

~ Moominkat -

It’s sweetly done, well-observed and nicely acted, but I did find I was asking myself the whole way through ‘why is it that so many British films feel as though they are ‘made for TV’?’

~ Moominkat -

In making V a symbol of vengeance, valiance and victory, V For Vendetta does for a letter of the alphabet what Kill Bill did for the colour yellow.

~ Anton Bitel -

In making V a symbol of vengeance, valiance and victory, V For Vendetta does for a letter of the alphabet what Kill Bill did for the colour yellow.

~ Anton Bitel -

While in plotting terms, the film pretty much stays in the lane you'd expect, it has plenty of heart.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While in plotting terms, the film pretty much stays in the lane you'd expect, it has plenty of heart.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The increasingly ridiculous nature of the narrative is almost wholly redeemed by the intensity of the director's vision.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The increasingly ridiculous nature of the narrative is almost wholly redeemed by the intensity of the director's vision.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The cast could not be better.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The cast could not be better.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Taghmaoui began his cinematic career at the top, starring in La Haine. This is a soft option, by comparison.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Taghmaoui began his cinematic career at the top, starring in La Haine. This is a soft option, by comparison.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

After 15 minutes of fast zooms, sliced cuts, topsy pans and turvy close ups you want to be sick... after 40 minutes, you have eaten your words and are beginning to think this is original and thrilling.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

After 15 minutes of fast zooms, sliced cuts, topsy pans and turvy close ups you want to be sick... after 40 minutes, you have eaten your words and are beginning to think this is original and thrilling.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The past and present are linked with only limited success.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The past and present are linked with only limited success.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Whether you’re a fan of the company’s work specifically or simply interested in the history of cinema, this portrait of its longest-lasting partnership will delight and entertain you.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whether you’re a fan of the company’s work specifically or simply interested in the history of cinema, this portrait of its longest-lasting partnership will delight and entertain you.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What's really revolutionary about this film is the way Ivory photographs male bodies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What's really revolutionary about this film is the way Ivory photographs male bodies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Told in an accessible and reassuringly crowd-pleasing way.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Told in an accessible and reassuringly crowd-pleasing way.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Linstrom ends so inadequately you want to scream.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Linstrom ends so inadequately you want to scream.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

For farce to work well, the plotting needs to be watertight, whereas here the sheer excess of characters fails entirely to cover up this film's flimsy underpinnings.

~ Anton Bitel -

For farce to work well, the plotting needs to be watertight, whereas here the sheer excess of characters fails entirely to cover up this film's flimsy underpinnings.

~ Anton Bitel -