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Critically Honor

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

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Hotel Mumbai (2018)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: TERRIFYING Director Anthony Maras documents the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai, focussing on the situation at the...

Green Book (2018)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: CHARMING For a film that received such criticism after winning best picture at the Oscars, this is an amazing film....

A Private War (2018)

2/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SHAME The life story of renowned journalist Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike), from when she lost her eye, to her death....

Chef (2014)

3/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: FUN Jon Favreau stars in and directs this feel-good family film, playing a brilliant but unsuccessful chef who...

This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)

3/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: HAPPY An hour and a forty minutes of joy. Fabulous actors, including Jessica Brown Findlay, Jeremy Irvine, Andrew...

Bombshell (2019)

3/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SATISFACTORY A story that needed to be heard just isn’t told that well. Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman...

The Big Short (2015)

2/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: INFORMATIVE A critical financial crisis involving the housing market in the US is simply not explained well within...

Blue Story (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: CHILLING Banned from Vue cinemas after a brawl began during one of its showings, it is unsurprising that ‘Blue...

Little Women (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL A film to brighten any mood. Beautifully directed and adapted by the outstanding Greta Gurwig, and...

Seven Psychopaths (2012)

2/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: DISAPPOINTING Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson; a fantastic cast, and therefore it...

Se7en (1995)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SHARP A terrifying thriller. Two detectives (Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt) investigate a serial killer (Kevin...

Booksmart (2019)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: YOUNG Olivia Wilde’s debut directing attempt is impressive, but certainly not for everyone. Best friends Amy...

Wind River (2017)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: INTRIGUING Young, Native American Natalie (Kelsey Chow) is found lying in the snow, dead, after being raped. An FBI...

Joker (2019)

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

Intouchables (2009)

3/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ADORABLE An unexpected friendship forms between tetraplegic Philippe (François Cluzet) and his carer Driss (Omar...

Nowhere Boy (2009)

3/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SWEET The story of John Lennon and how he met Paul and George. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, with her husband...

Marriage Story (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SAD After watching this film, one cannot describe Noah Baumbach as anything less than a genius. From the screenplay...

Blue Ruin (2013)

1/5 ONE WORLD REVIEW: RUBBISH Unexperienced, homeless orphan Dwight Evans (Macon Blair) seeks revenge for the death of his parents. For a...

Colette (2018)

2/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: UNEXCITING The true story of female French author Colette, who was manipulated into publishing her celebrated...

Extraction (2020)

3/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: BRUTAL Directed by stuntman Sam Hargrave, it is no surprise that the fight scenes and moments of violence in the...

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