Critically Honor

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SPECTACULAR Céline Sciamma explores ‘girlhood’ and sisterhood in such a raw and lovely way. The plot is full of so...

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ENJOYABLE The story of how Reginal Dwight became Elton John, is heart-warming, with a feel-good soundtrack of...

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ATTENTION-GRABBING Director David Fincher offers a gripping film following the true, well-known unsolved murders...

2/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SUBTLE The first half of the film is brilliant, and unfortunately, the second half does not equal it. Beautifully...

3/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: DISJOINTED The Leeds Playhouse’s production is rather bitty. While giving the audience insight into various...

2/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ENLIGHTENING Based on the book by François Bégaudeau, audiences are welcomed into Monsieur Marin’s classroom, in...

2/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: WRONG An interesting concept, with some terrific acting, but unfortunately, it just does not work. Richard Dane...

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: EMPOWERING A true story of a female liberation group who targeted the Miss World Competition of 1970. Kiera...

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

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....

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....

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SIMILAR Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s famous TV show ‘Fleabag’ originated from a one-woman show performed at the Edinburgh...

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

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: AMAZING A life-changing book. A series of letters written from Celie, a young black woman living in an unhappy...

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

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

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

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

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

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ADDICTIVE Based on the true story of a serial rapist, who two detectives (Merritt Wever and Toni Collette) are...