While a sense of place is important, lingering (and not very good) shots of the local wildlife are really superfluous.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While a sense of place is important, lingering (and not very good) shots of the local wildlife are really superfluous.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Grandma is neither sweet nor innocent: a hard smoking, confrontational battleaxe with, nonetheless a heart of gold.

~ Jane Fae -

Grandma is neither sweet nor innocent: a hard smoking, confrontational battleaxe with, nonetheless a heart of gold.

~ Jane Fae -

This kind of layered story construction is a difficult thing to pull off and it makes the film shine.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This kind of layered story construction is a difficult thing to pull off and it makes the film shine.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is a glorious surprise.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is a glorious surprise.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Don't let Knoxville's Jackass pedigree put you off - he can be subtle as well as gross.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Don't let Knoxville's Jackass pedigree put you off - he can be subtle as well as gross.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is clever, if distinctly odd.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is clever, if distinctly odd.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the actors acquit themselves with some distinction the performances cannot quite disguise the one dimensional aspect of the characters.

~ Richard Mowe -

Although the actors acquit themselves with some distinction the performances cannot quite disguise the one dimensional aspect of the characters.

~ Richard Mowe -

An emotionally engaging tale that sucks you in with its gentle humour and melancholy.

~ Max Crawford -

An emotionally engaging tale that sucks you in with its gentle humour and melancholy.

~ Max Crawford -

Sigríður is the kind of spontaneous interviewee documentarians dream of.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sigríður is the kind of spontaneous interviewee documentarians dream of.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Wong Kar Wai knows how to frame faces like no other, with embroidered collars, white straw fedoras, a rowdy monkey, cotton flowers and words escaping lips that are like song.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Wong Kar Wai knows how to frame faces like no other, with embroidered collars, white straw fedoras, a rowdy monkey, cotton flowers and words escaping lips that are like song.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Weitz wisely has no time for fluff - these are clever women charting tricky territory and spending 78 minutes in their company is an easy choice to make.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Weitz wisely has no time for fluff - these are clever women charting tricky territory and spending 78 minutes in their company is an easy choice to make.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lifts the film into realms of comic genius

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Lifts the film into realms of comic genius

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's hard to see where this film was even trying to go and even harder to put yourself through the minutes it takes to get to wherever that is.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's hard to see where this film was even trying to go and even harder to put yourself through the minutes it takes to get to wherever that is.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

On paper, this sounds like it could have worked well, but it just doesn't.

~ Nick Jones -

On paper, this sounds like it could have worked well, but it just doesn't.

~ Nick Jones -

Penn has come up trumps.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Penn has come up trumps.

~ Tony Sullivan -

The absurdity is one of its delights.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The absurdity is one of its delights.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Spall commits himself fully to the role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Spall commits himself fully to the role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The script sears like a whip-crack, with one-liners peppering the action, yet never getting in the way of the film’s emotional depth.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The script sears like a whip-crack, with one-liners peppering the action, yet never getting in the way of the film’s emotional depth.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Inevitably, there is a slight air of the stage about this and an emotional gear change at the midway point doesn't quite feel fully earned but the actors so fully inhabit these roles that they carry you with them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Inevitably, there is a slight air of the stage about this and an emotional gear change at the midway point doesn't quite feel fully earned but the actors so fully inhabit these roles that they carry you with them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With its thinly veiled homophobia and misogyny, you begin to long for the upfront approach of Benny Hill.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With its thinly veiled homophobia and misogyny, you begin to long for the upfront approach of Benny Hill.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The dynamic between Knoxville and Niccoll is definitely the film’s trump card, and both of them excel in exponentially bittersweet roles.

~ David Graham -

The dynamic between Knoxville and Niccoll is definitely the film’s trump card, and both of them excel in exponentially bittersweet roles.

~ David Graham -