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  • Not Here To Be Loved (2005)
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    A deft and intelligent film which uses its central romance as the key to a much more in-depth study of the way two lonely people fit into the world around them.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Joining a dance class to get some exercise, a middle aged bailiff meets a beautiful woman who inspires him to change his life.
  • Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)
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    If you're a fan of B-movies - of nudity, gore, monsters, car chases, kung fu action and ultra-low-budget fun - then Not Quite Hollywood is a treat you can't afford to miss.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Documentary charting a key moment in Aussie cinema.
  • November (2004)
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    November is similar to abstract art and will engage people for part of the time and possibly cause some debate, but there isn't enough substance for it to truly hold an audience.

    Darren Amner · 2 out of 5
    The truth lies outside the frame.
  • Novo (2002)
    A man struggles with love and memory loss.
  • Novocaine (2001)
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    The script is tight, the gags nurtured, the performances disciplined.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Steve Martin is a dentist who discovers that illicit sex leads to murder,
  • Nowhere Boy (2009)
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    There is something a bit bland, a bit kitchen sink, a bit telemovie, about this portrait of the artist as a young man.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    Biopic of John Lennon's younger years.
  • Nowhere in Africa (2001)
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    The scope of this autobiographical film is astonishing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A poignant Nazi era lesson in cultural understanding and tolerance.
  • Nowhere To Hide (1999)
    Korean action thriller that almost makes up in style what it lacks in substance.
  • Now, Forager (2012)
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    I struggle to see how the movie will appeal to 'foodies' let alone those for who food is a run-of-the-mill necessity, especially with such unsympathetic leads as our eyes and ears.

    Neil Mitchell · 1 out of 5
    A foraging couple's relationship unravels under differing expectations.
  • Now Is Good (2012)
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    Parker has a tendency to wallow too long in the moment.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A teenage leukaemia sufferer embarks on romance and a bucket list.
  • Now Or Never (2003)
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    An assured piece of work, with credible characters and a solid grounding in a particular time and place.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    A student in Pisa discovers life after physics in an anti-globalisation commune.
  • Now You See Me 2 (2016)
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    Any attempt to explain the detailed confusion of the storyline will cause brain damage.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    The Four Horsemen resurface and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet.
  • The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008)
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    If charm lubricates every working part of this delightful film, it is Mma Ramotswe’s character that fuels it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Uncovering mysteries in Botswana, with accute observation of human nature and oodles of charm.
  • No. 3 (1997)
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    A long-winded, overly complex and at times rather plodding gangster flick.

    James Gracey · 2 out of 5
    A young gangster attempts to rise through the ranks.
  • No Angels (2004)
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    Like the best observational comedy, it deals in exposing simple truths through humour and swearing, combined with cracking one-liners that I shall be stealing and passing off as my own.

    Kotleta · 4 out of 5
    Four nurses behaving badly in realistic TV hospital series.
  • No Blood No Tears (2002)
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    There's no great originality here, but there are some good performances.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A washed-up cabbie and an aspiring singer form an unlikely partnership to make some cash... but pulling of the heist isn't easy.
  • No Cow On The Ice (2015)
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    A thoughtful and personal meditation on language, identity and landscape.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary following a young Galician filmmaker when he emigrates to Sweden. As he learns about Swedish culture, society and lifestyle, he develops a new identity.
  • No Dress Code Required (2017)
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    If you have ever had to struggle, for any reason, with the petty ministrations of local officials who seem determined to block your progress, you will relate to this film.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Víctor and Fernando, a devoted, unassuming couple from Mexicali, Mexico, find themselves in the centre of a legal firestorm over their desire to get married.
  • No Escape (2015)
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    The feeling of making it up as they go along is well done

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An American family get caught up in an overseas coup.
  • No Fixed Abode (2012)
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    License is taken in terms of the narrative but for those prepared to accept the plot and character contrivances, there's much to enjoy in Patrick Baladi's central performance.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A man wakes up to a homeless nightmare.
  • No Greater Love (2009)
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    The fascination is visual, intellectual and emotional.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Silent nuns speak.
  • No Land's Song (2014)
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    It is significant that No Land's Song in some ways mirrors that inclination for layering female voices by only presenting Sara's thoughts and opinions through conversation with others.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3 out of 5
    The Islamic revolution of 1979 banned female singers from appearing in public in Iran. Now Ayat Najafi tries to revive tradition, planning an evening of Iranian and French female soloists to rebuild shattered cultural bridges - but can it work?
  • No Man's Land (2001)
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    A film of astonishing maturity and compassion.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Black comedy about the Bosnian conflict told from the viewpoint of a trench between warring factions.
  • No Man's Land (2012)
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    Lamas highlights the power of the much-maligned 'talking head' format of documentary while simultaneously striking out into less clearly defined territory aided by the shadowy life story of that same man.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3.5 out of 5
    A former mercenary confesses to the brutal acts for which he is responsible.
  • No Man's Zone (2011)
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    No Man's Zone is a crushingly dull documentary, at least twice as long as the selected material warrants.

    Scott Macdonald · 1.5 out of 5
    A journey through the stark post-tsunami landscape around Fukushima.
  • No Man of Her Own (1950)
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    A beautifully filmed, chilling, lost classic.

    Andrea Mullaney · 5 out of 5
    Atmospheric film noir, shown as part of EIFF 2006's Mitchell Leisen retrospective.
  • No Name On The Bullet (1959)
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    No Name On The Bullet's greatest strength is in its portrait of human nature.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A man rides into town, and everybody wonders who he's there to kill.
  • No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
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    The 'story' is somewhat simplistic, but the state-of-a-nation snapshot it allows to be revealed is complex and highly emotive.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Fiction meets documentary in this story of underground musicians in Tehran.
  • No One Lives (2012)
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    Sealing the deal is a bravura turn from Evans, always charismatic but here downright deadly, acing his American accent and conveying ice-cold menace throughout.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    Robbers on the run carjack a killer with a hostage on board.
  • No Place For A Rebel (2017)
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    The film is never pushy when it comes to the worst of what happened in the bush, and the fact it's only hinted at makes its monstrous effect all the clearer.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A young man kidnapped as a child by the Lord's Resistance Army and raised to become a military commander tries to adapt to civilian life.
  • No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (2009)
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    In terms of the look, there are plenty of striking images, enhanced by the monochrome look, but the story could use more meat.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A single dad faces a battle with bureaucrats as he struggles to bring up his daughter.
  • No Reservations (2007)
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    Catherine Zeta Jones never manages to engage our sympathy as someone mourning her sister or truly caring for her niece.

    Val Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A successful chef finds her life turned upside down after she is awarded custody of her niece as Mostly Martha gets a Hollywood makeover.
  • No Through Road (2008)
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    This grisly Australian torture horror ably shows that you don’t need all manner of fiendish contraptions to deliver on the jumps and jolts.

    Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5
    A violent nightmare begins when a man finds a terrified woman hiding in his wardrobe.
  • Nuclear Nation (2012)
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    They're interesting people, all with interesting and evolving stories to tell.

    Scott Macdonald · 3.5 out of 5
    Survivors of the 2011 Japanese tsunami discuss their experiences and reveal the nature of their lives as refugees.
  • Nuits Rouges (1974)
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    The more you bring to the film the more you will get out of it.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 2.5 out of 5
    A masked criminal goes in search of the treasure of the Knights Templar.
  • Numb (2007)
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    There are about two decent gags in the whole of Numb. Even the trailer had me yawning.

    Emma Slawinski · 2 out of 5
    A love-struck screnwriter tries to come to terms with depersonalisation disorder.
  • Numb (2017)
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    What is interesting is that the threats here don't always come from the obvious places, at least not in terms of what cinema has taught us to expect.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A couple who are struggling financially are persuaded to go looking for treasure on a remote, snowy mountain.
  • The Number 23 (2007)
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    Horribly unlikely, indulgent murder mystery, the outcome of which you're likely to guess at least half an hour before the end.

    Scott Macdonald · 1.5 out of 5
    Parallel murder mysteries have mathematical and literary connotations - perhaps.
  • The Nun (2013)
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    Pauline Etienne sweeps all before her as Suzanne Simonin, a nun who wants none of it.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A portrait of suffering focused on a young woman forced to become a nun because her parents cannot afford a dowry for her.
  • Nurses On The Line (1993)
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    Sentimentality is held in check.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Student nurses in dramatic plane crash rescue in Mexican jungle.
  • Nurse Betty (1999)
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    A romantic comedy that cuts up cliches and scatters them across the mid West.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A waitress becomes obsessed with chasing her soap opera dreams after witnessing her husband's murder.
  • Nutty Professor 2 (2000)
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    Despite a sneaking admiration for the risks he takes, the film relies too easily on sexual innuendo, fart jokes and geriatric lust.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Eddie Murphy plays obese academic and his fat family in the story of a youth serum.
  • The Nut Job (2014)
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    Like the best of the Pixar and Looney Tunes output, Lepeniotis doesn't dwell on his visual gags waiting for each one to get a laugh, instead frequently throwing them out one after the other to good culmulative effect.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Animation about an exiled squirrel and his plan to raid a nut store.
  • N-VI - Vanishing Roadsides (2012)
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    The close-up textures of worn surfaces - the asphalt, the concrete road markers with flaking paint, the walls of abandoned buildings - speak of neglect coupled with stubborn endurance.

    Rebecca Naughten · 4 out of 5
    A portrait of the abandoned N-VI road between Madrid and Galicia, presented through those who still live alongside it.
  • Nymph (2009)
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    Eerie and enigmatic.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Poetic exploration of marital breakdown.
  • Nymphomaniac (2013)
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    It's a film that goes out of its way to provoke and disappoint, but to those who get its jokes and can cope with the rest, it's a delight.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her experiences.
  • NYPD Blue - Second Series (1994)
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    Excellent writing, good storylines that carry through from episode to episode and terrific performances.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    in which David Caruso departs the series, Jimmy Smits arrives and Dennis Franz dominates.
  • N (Napoleon And Me) (2006)
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    The lavish decoration, aesthetically pleasing and beautifully photographed, exposes the artificiality of the storyline.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    When Boney went to Elba...
  • N - The Madness Of Reason (2014)
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    A truly remarkable film.

    Robert Munro · 4.5 out of 5
    Drawing connections between European adventurer Raymond Borremans and present-day Africa.

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