The film mines a lot of clichés but manages to do something a little different with them, blending traditional elements of children’s fiction with a distinctly 21st Century sensibility.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film mines a lot of clichés but manages to do something a little different with them, blending traditional elements of children’s fiction with a distinctly 21st Century sensibility.

~ Jennie Kermode -

While having so little money may, paradoxically, have liberated Bakshi from studio interference, this freedom allows him to indulge in ideas that are, metaphorically and otherwise, away with the fairies.

~ Anton Bitel -

While having so little money may, paradoxically, have liberated Bakshi from studio interference, this freedom allows him to indulge in ideas that are, metaphorically and otherwise, away with the fairies.

~ Anton Bitel -

It's that old magic again.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's that old magic again.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The Force Awakens manages to stop one thinking about how disbelief is suspended and instead carry one along.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The Force Awakens manages to stop one thinking about how disbelief is suspended and instead carry one along.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is perhaps less a swansong than a familiar sunset

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is perhaps less a swansong than a familiar sunset

~ Andrew Robertson -

The best-looking and orchestrated space battle ever committed to film.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The best-looking and orchestrated space battle ever committed to film.

~ Scott Macdonald -

It is a spectacular, brilliantly realised piece of moviemaking

~ Scott Macdonald -

It is a spectacular, brilliantly realised piece of moviemaking

~ Scott Macdonald -

Few can deny the great storytelling of Lucas' true first episode of his space-opera.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Few can deny the great storytelling of Lucas' true first episode of his space-opera.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The tone may be cheeky and playful, but it is always affectionately so.

~ Anton Bitel -

The tone may be cheeky and playful, but it is always affectionately so.

~ Anton Bitel -

Catch one episode of this, and you are likely to be left in awe... catch more than on and you will start noticing the grinding repetitions.

~ Anton Bitel -

Catch one episode of this, and you are likely to be left in awe... catch more than on and you will start noticing the grinding repetitions.

~ Anton Bitel -

The film is a visual treat, boasting a well-realised steampunk aesthetic and inventive visual flourishes.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The film is a visual treat, boasting a well-realised steampunk aesthetic and inventive visual flourishes.

~ Scott Macdonald -

What begins as an Ian Fleming piss take ends in a Kill Bill blood bath

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What begins as an Ian Fleming piss take ends in a Kill Bill blood bath

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Any greater insight into the life of Fuller is most welcome.

~ Robert Munro -

Any greater insight into the life of Fuller is most welcome.

~ Robert Munro -

Saturday Night Live regular Mooney, who has a twinkly mischievousness and comic timing reminiscent of a young Gene Wilder, plays James as naive, but never stupid.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Saturday Night Live regular Mooney, who has a twinkly mischievousness and comic timing reminiscent of a young Gene Wilder, plays James as naive, but never stupid.

~ Amber Wilkinson -