Belfast

"Branagh's most personal film is imperfect, but the emotion that it builds in the final section... is searing."

"(Belfast) borrows perhaps a bit too much from Alfonso Cuarón's art-house coming-of-ager (Roma)."

"(Belfast) contains little dramatic momentum, and even less of a coherent visual language."

"No movie this year cuts a clearer, truer path of the heart."

"Works gorgeously as an idealised memory play."

"Engaging, tender film-making which tugs at the heart-strings..."

"Possibly the most uplifting film ever made about a time of unending violence..."

"There is something genuinely bold in giving a movie about Belfast in 1969 the warm glow of the everyday. It reminds us that life goes on."

"Everything that works in Belfast keeps the movie's superficialities and lower-grade sentiment at bay - if not every step of the way, then at least every other step."

"Cutesy and broadly unaffecting..."

"Spryly written, beautifully acted and shot in a lustrous monochrome..."

"A masterpiece."

"One of the glories of this year’s cinema."

"A warm and fuzzy nostalgia trip made for Oscar glory."

"Beautifully shot, and sentimental without being saccharine..."

"Branagh wrings a heartfelt narrative from a superb cast, though the story stumbles somewhat..."

"It’s both intimate and almost comically egotistical..."

"It’s amiable, even enjoyable at times, but that’s about it."

"(Branagh's) best movie in years."