St Nick is acutely observed and poignantly delivered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

St Nick is acutely observed and poignantly delivered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The candy-coloured elements of the 1977 original have gone but, perhaps inevitably for Disney, traces of sticky sentiment remain in this otherwise enjoyably earthy re-imagining.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The candy-coloured elements of the 1977 original have gone but, perhaps inevitably for Disney, traces of sticky sentiment remain in this otherwise enjoyably earthy re-imagining.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If Tucker hadn’t been a real person, you would have had had to invent him so Redford could play him, so perfect is the fit.

~ Owen Van Spall -

If Tucker hadn’t been a real person, you would have had had to invent him so Redford could play him, so perfect is the fit.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Reveals just enough in the sparse dialogue and long silences to keep us intrigued.

~ Richard Mowe -

Reveals just enough in the sparse dialogue and long silences to keep us intrigued.

~ Richard Mowe -

Any number of the film’s frames belong in frames, fit to adorn palace walls.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Any number of the film’s frames belong in frames, fit to adorn palace walls.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lowery's nostalgia works because it is so sincere and does not question America's fascination with Bonnie and Clyde as an excuse for bad deeds.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Lowery's nostalgia works because it is so sincere and does not question America's fascination with Bonnie and Clyde as an excuse for bad deeds.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -