“A powder keg of movie-musical performances…”
“Jumps the shark — and the rhino, and the rabid baboons.”
“Grant’s insidious politeness remains intact no matter how gonzo Heretic gets.”
“A tale of two shots: its first and its last.”
“… a potboiler with spiritual principles, a crisis-of-faith drama full of courtroom intrigue.”
“… a stirring argument that the Black experience deserves a place in British history.”
“…a story with a palpable familiarity among its characters, one that breeds both love and contempt.”
“… establishes its own unique identity by intimately portraying an identity in flux.”
“David Lean returns to the type of tortured romance he had explored in 1945’s Brief Encounter.”
“Some beautifully scripted dialogue scenes, nicely performed…”
“Hot damn is this thing cathartic…”
“Educational, intimate, and transcendent…”
“There’s a beating heart to the film, but it’s faint.”
