Elegant and gripping but perhaps just a little genteel.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Elegant and gripping but perhaps just a little genteel.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You could wash your hair, play scrabble and still not miss the point.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

You could wash your hair, play scrabble and still not miss the point.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The director has an aptitude for taking a dash of the familiar and giving it an individual twist.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director has an aptitude for taking a dash of the familiar and giving it an individual twist.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Robbie plays Elizabeth with a pursed lip and the promise of stability in her stern demeanour, leaving the not-so-gentle men confused and alert for change.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Robbie plays Elizabeth with a pursed lip and the promise of stability in her stern demeanour, leaving the not-so-gentle men confused and alert for change.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The story is tragic, at times heartbreaking, always enthralling, never dull and ultimately ironic.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The story is tragic, at times heartbreaking, always enthralling, never dull and ultimately ironic.

~ 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 -

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

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Rachel Weisz makes it her own, delivering a powerful, raw performance that is undoubtedly Oscar material.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rachel Weisz makes it her own, delivering a powerful, raw performance that is undoubtedly Oscar material.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In truth, this is yet one more safe retelling of an old favourite. Not radical at all.

~ Jane Fae -

In truth, this is yet one more safe retelling of an old favourite. Not radical at all.

~ Jane Fae -

Running alongside the film's more elegiac sweep is a cut-glass wit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Running alongside the film's more elegiac sweep is a cut-glass wit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -