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Critically Honor

Short reviews of films, books, plays, theatre, and TV shows, from a young critic.

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Joker (2019)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: FABULOUS Todd Phillip’s ‘Joker’ offers a fabulous interpretation of the well-known Batman character, telling the...

Antony and Cleopatra (The National Theatre)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: STUNNING A performance that would blow even a non-theatre lover away. Sophie Okonedo and Ralph Fiennes are...

Gladiator (2000)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SAD A kind of film which offers what you expect, an engaging storyline of a young married man with a son seeking...

Frankenstein (National Theatre)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: BRAVE Each night, Johnny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch alternated between the roles of the Creature and Victor...

Death at a Funeral (2007)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: FUNNY A film that could make even a funeral-goer laugh. So absurd, rather unbelievable, and hilariously funny as a...

Normal People (2020)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: REAL Sally Rooney’s novel is done complete justice in its TV series adaptation. Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and...

Master Harold and the Boys (1982)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: INTERESTING Athol Fugard’s classic is incredibly written, highlighting the terrible racism in 1950s South Africa....

State of Play (2009)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: UNEXPECTED Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright, and Jason Bateman. The...

Swiss Army Man (2016)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: WEIRD Hank, played by Paul Dano, is about to hang himself when he sees a corpse, played by Daniel Radcliffe, washed...

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SLOW A young female painter goes to paint the daughter of a friend of her father’s, who requires a portrait for her...

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: UNUSUAL A very slow film, without much action, but remains very moving, and the cinematography is beautiful. Based...

Quiz (2020)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: CAPTIVATING The true story of Major and Mrs Ingram, accused of cheating on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’ by...

Game Night (Film)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: HILARIOUS The duo of Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams lead the hilarious tale of a group of friends who meet for a...

Snowpiercer (2013)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SCARY A futuristic film from the director of ‘Parasite,’ set on a train that holds the last remaining humans after a...

Jane Eyre (National Theatre)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: MIND-BLOWING A cleverly devised performance of Charlotte Brontë’s classic with a young cast, who multi-role, and...

Cyprus Avenue (Royal Court)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SHOCKING Terribly sad and horrific yet evokes laughter at some inappropriate moments. It is basically a one-man...

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: DIFFERENT 1 hour and 40 minutes of fun is the only way to describe this film. Following young Ricky Baker, who has...

Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: GOOD Tarantino originally wanted there to be only one ‘volume’ of Kill Bill, but the length of the film was...

Hidden Figures (2016)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: UPLIFTING This star-studded film, featuring performances from the three female leads, Octavia Spencer, Taraji P...

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