Michael Winterbottom’s atmospheric thriller is packed full of twists and turns but to focus on trying to anticipate and resolve them is to miss the point.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Michael Winterbottom’s atmospheric thriller is packed full of twists and turns but to focus on trying to anticipate and resolve them is to miss the point.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are too many characters doing not very much.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There are too many characters doing not very much.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

In the central role, Frieda Pinto shows that she has come of age, delivering the story's most powerful screen heroine yet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In the central role, Frieda Pinto shows that she has come of age, delivering the story's most powerful screen heroine yet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

When the freshest food is eaten by rotting mortals and family is little more than a fragile crutch above the abyss, funny jokes can no longer hide the tragedy.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

When the freshest food is eaten by rotting mortals and family is little more than a fragile crutch above the abyss, funny jokes can no longer hide the tragedy.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Trip is a big costume drama without the costumes.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Trip is a big costume drama without the costumes.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Though undoubtedly a great actress, Jolie has reached the point where her personal life dwarfs any role she could conceivably play.

~ The Exile -

Though undoubtedly a great actress, Jolie has reached the point where her personal life dwarfs any role she could conceivably play.

~ The Exile -

This is a serious and entertaining character study - stripping down the lives of Soho and Raymond - that has the looks and acting talent to win over a crowd.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a serious and entertaining character study - stripping down the lives of Soho and Raymond - that has the looks and acting talent to win over a crowd.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Required viewing.

~ Nick Da Costa -

Required viewing.

~ Nick Da Costa -

If you have ever been lost in a foreign land, you may recognise the feeling of fear and isolation.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If you have ever been lost in a foreign land, you may recognise the feeling of fear and isolation.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Colin Firth gives possibly his best performance yet.

~ Val Kermode -

Colin Firth gives possibly his best performance yet.

~ Val Kermode -

In his attempt to avoid Western cliches, Winterbottom is in danger of going too far the other way.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

In his attempt to avoid Western cliches, Winterbottom is in danger of going too far the other way.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

That the whole thing works so well is a tribute to the po-faced matter-of-factness of the approach and the exuberant charm of the execution.

~ Themroc -

That the whole thing works so well is a tribute to the po-faced matter-of-factness of the approach and the exuberant charm of the execution.

~ Themroc -

There is a world of possible interpretation lurking beneath the surface of Frank Cottrell Boyce's script, which is as disorientating as the scenario the characters find themselves in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a world of possible interpretation lurking beneath the surface of Frank Cottrell Boyce's script, which is as disorientating as the scenario the characters find themselves in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Not surprisingly, for a movie dripping in bodily fluids, it's about as sexy as cold rice pudding.

~ Gary Duncan -

Not surprisingly, for a movie dripping in bodily fluids, it's about as sexy as cold rice pudding.

~ Gary Duncan -

What the film achieves, better than any other rock music movie, is how unorganised and stupid so much of what went on behind the scenes was.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What the film achieves, better than any other rock music movie, is how unorganised and stupid so much of what went on behind the scenes was.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -