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  • Peaches (2000)
    Review preview for Peaches

    Nick Grosso's film looks improvised in the style of second year media studies.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Three London college scammers go after girls with only limited success.
  • Peaches Does Herself (2012)
    Review preview for Peaches Does Herself

    This film, a bawdy and full-frontal electro rock opera constructed from live recordings of stage performances by Peaches and her support group and dancers, is as transgressive, explicit, bizarre, angry and gender-bending as they come.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Onstage shenanigans and rock opera mayhem with the eponymous rockstar.
  • Pearls And Pigs (2003)
    Review preview for Pearls And Pigs

    What should have been a delicate, bittersweet comedy becomes a long-winded caper that fails to capitalise on its raw materials.

    David Stanners · 2.5 out of 5
    Comedy featuring four heavy-drinking misfit brothers who find a new meaning in their lives when their half sister moves in with them and discovers a lucrative, hidden talent.
  • Pearls On The Ocean Floor (2010)
    Review preview for Pearls On The Ocean Floor

    With so much impressive art to draw on, this film is a visual treat, but what really elevates it as a documentary is the strength of the interviews.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Leading female Iranian artists discuss the social and political importance of their work.
  • La Peau Blanche (2004)
    Review preview for La Peau Blanche

    The film dabbles in genres.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A Montreal student has a dangerous liaison with a redheaded flutist with an odd pedigree.
  • Peau Neuve (1999)
    Review preview for Peau Neuve

    Unfortunately, it's still very difficult to get away from the fact that this is a film primarily about bulldozers.

    Trinity · 3 out of 5
    A family man struggles with love and friendship.
  • Pecking Order (2017)
    Review preview for Pecking Order

    Though it finds humour, and may even be poking fun on occasion, it never feels disrespectful.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary investigates the world of New Zealand chicken breeders.`
  • The Peddler (2009)
    Review preview for The Peddler

    We are reintroduced, through the most improbably modest of routes, to the extraordinary power that cinema can have to galvanise a community and bring it together.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about a self-taught filmmaker visiting a small town in search of a cast and crew for his latest b-movie.
  • Peepli Live (2010)
    Review preview for Peepli Live

    A very large cast, outstanding production values and a solid story cement the reality of the situation, and no character's motivations go unexamined.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    Social satire about not-very-suicidal but desperate farmer.
  • Peep Show: Series 1 (2003)
    Review preview for Peep Show: Series 1

    Mitchell and Webb have been a double act for quite some time and this is apparent in their inspired interplay.

    Keith Dudhnath · 5 out of 5
    Classic odd couple flatmates TV sitcom, with tried and tested stand-up double act.
  • Peep Show: The Complete Second Series (2004)
    Review preview for Peep Show: The Complete Second Series

    At times puerile and immature, at others witty and smart, Peep Show will have you laughing out loud throughout every episode.

    Steve Harwood · 4.5 out of 5
    Between the pub and the girl lies a secret pleasure - the perfect sitcom.
  • Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015)
    Review preview for Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

    Clips from Man Ray's L'étoile de mer with Kiki de Montparnasse and the famous Salvador Dali dream sequence from Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound illuminate her passion.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    Portrait of the art collector.
  • Pelican Blood (2009)
    Review preview for Pelican Blood

    This film is fast and funky and deadly serious, and massively flawed, yet just about succeeds in its difficult central premise.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    A passionate romance between two young people planning to end their own lives.
  • Pelican Dreams (2014)
    Review preview for Pelican Dreams

    Judy Irving's insightful Pelican Dreams should not be missed.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A pelican is arrested on Golden Gate Bridge and taken into rehab.
  • Penumbra (2013)
    Review preview for Penumbra

    There’s something poetically haunting about the couple’s existence and the smallness of their world.

    Robert Munro · 3 out of 5
    An elderly couple living on the coast of Mexico remember their son, who was killed trying to cross the border into the US.
  • People's Park (2012)
    Review preview for People's Park

    Sniadecki and Cohn draw us into this space at the same time as frustrating all notions of narrative, momentum or rhythm.

    Michael Pattison · 3 out of 5
    A single tracking shot captures life in the People's Park in Chengdu, China.
  • People I Know (2002)
    Review preview for People I Know

    The film deserves five stars for Pacino's performance alone, but relies too heavily upon him.

    Caro Ness · 4 out of 5
    Al Pacino is a New York publicist at the end of his rope.
  • The People Vs Fritz Bauer (2015)
    Review preview for The People Vs Fritz Bauer

    There are elements of courthouse film and elements of police procedural here, but the overall mood is closer to that of a Cold War spy thriller.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A portrait of Fritz Bauer, a man who defied his own government in working with Mossad to track down Adolf Eichmann.
  • The People Vs George Lucas (2010)
    Review preview for The People Vs George Lucas

    A rather affectionate fanboy love-in and whingefest.

    Scott Macdonald · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary looking at the arguments for and against each part of the Star Wars series and its creator.
  • Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief (2010)
    Review preview for Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief

    This is an entertaining time passer which should keep the kids happy.

    Martin Gray · 3 out of 5
    Teenage gods and monsters - classical, but not a classic
  • Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters (2013)
    Review preview for Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters

    The action sequences are reasonably handled - although shelling out for the 3D unecessary - but there's nothing here that most kids won't have seen before and it lacks the emotional bite of franchises such as Harry Potter.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Percy and his pals go on a quest to find the Golden Fleece.
  • Perdita Durango (1997)
    Review preview for Perdita Durango

    The gratutious violence sickens. The grandstand sex is faked.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Disgusting and bizarre "comedy" from Alex de la Inglesia.
  • The Perfect Catch (2005)
    Review preview for The Perfect Catch

    Hornby's novel is a master class in relationships and rich human interaction and the Farellys have done it reasonable justice, however diluted by its screenwriters.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    The Farrelly Brothers do Nick Hornby in an Americanisation of Fever Pitch.
  • Perfect Creature (2007)
    Review preview for Perfect Creature

    An admittedly brave shift away from the standard expectations but there’s not really that much of any weight or innovation going on to be pondered.

    Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5
    Vampires and humans are co-existing peacefully, until the killings start.
  • A Perfect Day To Fly (2015)
    Review preview for A Perfect Day To Fly

    The boy, played by the director's seven-year-old son Roc, looks almost as bored with the tale as we are - too many takes, perhaps?

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    A man helps a child fly a kite and tells him a story.
  • Perfect Garden (2013)
    Review preview for Perfect Garden

    Turning a sandwich upside-down does not tend to constitute innovation.

    Andrew Robertson · 1 out of 5
    A surreal and visceral journey into human desire.
  • A Perfect Getaway (2009)
    Review preview for A Perfect Getaway

    This is a fun film, genuinely exciting, twisty like the mountain trails, with uncertain footing throughout.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Two couples walking on a remote trail hear over the radio that a couple of psychopaths are on the loose.
  • The Perfect Man (2005)
    Review preview for The Perfect Man

    Despite the frequently foolish script and stereotypical characters (please note the appalling gay stereotype waiter), this is as pleasing a confection.

    Stephen McMorland · 2.5 out of 5
    Pretty In Pink meets everything else.
  • A Perfect Murder (1998)
    Review preview for A Perfect Murder

    Douglas knows the territory well... he has perfected the iced stare to such a degree you worry in case the wind changes.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A man plots to murder his adulterous wife.
  • The Perfect Score (2004)
    Review preview for The Perfect Score

    Irony and danger is hinted at, only to be reeled in to the safer backwaters of Hollywood banality.

    Sobhano · 1 out of 5
    American students plan to cheat their way through their SATs test.
  • The Perfect Sleep (2009)
    Review preview for The Perfect Sleep

    An overwrought, eccentric folly, surely never to be repeated, but truly amazing to behold.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    An assassin returns to a city of his past to try to rescue a lost love.
  • Perhaps Love (2005)
    Review preview for Perhaps Love

    Endlessly inventive and technically impressive.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    Complex relationships develop between cast and crew members working on a musical.
  • Perlasca: The Courage Of A Just Man (2002)
    Review preview for Perlasca: The Courage Of A Just Man

    The highest accolade one could bestow on Negrin’s production is that it is a worthy tribute to this incredible story.

    Merlin Harries · 4 out of 5
    It is the real story of Giorgio Perlasca (Luca Zingaretti). During the 1920s he was an Italian Fascist supporter...
  • Permanent Vacation (1980)
    Review preview for Permanent Vacation

    Jarmusch's script shows a sophistication beyond the budding filmmaker's years.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    Jarmusch's low-budget debut traces a bored hipster's picaresque journey through New York.
  • Permission (2017)
    Review preview for Permission

    Hall is one of the most capable performers of her generation and it's a delight to see what she can do with an intelligent script like this.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A couple experiment with sleeping with other people and find it has unexpected effects on their lives.
  • Pernicious (2015)
    Review preview for Pernicious

    Pernicious feels like bad porn with the sex taken out.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    Three young American women visiting Thailand fall foul of a vengeful hong phrai.
  • Perrier's Bounty (2009)
    Review preview for Perrier's Bounty

    The plot meanders and doesn’t stand up well to scrutiny.

    Jeff Robson · 2.5 out of 5
    A Dublin wastrel finds his troubles piling up when he attempts to pay off a debt to a gangster.
  • The Persian Connection (2016)
    Review preview for The Persian Connection

    The Persian Connection is anchored by an affecting performance from Safai.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An Iranian gangster wrongly accused of stealing from his boss is forced to hunt down stolen goods.
  • The Personals (1998)
    Review preview for The Personals

    What The Personals really lacks is any clear moral.

    Trinity · 3 out of 5
    A girl splits up with her boyfriend and goes on a series of blind dates after placing a personal ad.
  • Personal Shopper (2016)
    Review preview for Personal Shopper

    Stewart valiantly tries to soldier through but cannot make her character spring to life.

    Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
    Ghost story set against the backdrop of the Paris fashion world.
  • Personal Velocity (2002)
    Review preview for Personal Velocity

    Miller's imagination appears steadfastly original. Her use of flashback memory, still photography and thought bites has a freshness that defies innocence.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Three short stories about women and their yearning for freedom.
  • The Persuaders - Volume 5 (1971)
    Review preview for The Persuaders - Volume 5

    Its strength lies in the fact that it never takes itself too seriously or tries to be more than an entertaining romp.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Roger Moore and Tony Curtis star as Seventies playboys with nothing in common but trouble.
  • Pervert! (2005)
    Review preview for Pervert!

    This is strictly for the cheap booze-addled and maturity-lite brigade.

    Paul Griffiths · 1.5 out of 5
    The flaccid spirit of Russ Meyer lives on - just.
  • The Pervert's Guide To Cinema (2006)
    A psychoanalytical look at film.
  • The Pervert's Guide To Ideology (2012)
    Review preview for The Pervert's Guide To Ideology

    From Coca Cola as the perfect commodity, full of metaphysical reality ("The real thing!"), to the Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs with the toy inside... Fiennes and Zizek do their best to make theoretical concepts understandable.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A documentary exploring the film criticism and philosophy of Slavoj Žižek.
  • Peter Beard: Scrapbooks From Africa And Beyond (1998)
    Review preview for Peter Beard: Scrapbooks From Africa And Beyond

    Beard loves big landscapes and big animals; his joie de vivre and fascination with the scale of the universe come across strikingly in these epic frames.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A retrospective on the work of photographer, artist and adventurer Peter Beard.
  • Peter Cook And Dudley Moore: The Very Best Of Goodbye Again (1968)
    Review preview for Peter Cook And Dudley Moore: The Very Best Of Goodbye Again

    Even bad Cook and Moore compares well to most sketch comedy.

    Symon Parsons · 2.5 out of 5
    A taste of Pete and Dud from their ATV sketch show in the Sixties.
  • Peter Gabriel Play (2004)
    Avant garde selection of clips and music from the former Genesis frontman.
  • Peter Pan (2003)
    Review preview for Peter Pan

    Little 'uns will love this cinema treat - and parents, too.

    Monica Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Lavish live action retelling of the JM Barrie classic.
  • Peter Pan Formula (2005)
    Review preview for Peter Pan Formula

    The plot elements also have a habit of fizzling out, as the film zips off on a different tack, which is both confusing and annoying in equal measure.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The teenage coming-of-age angst of a prospective swimming champion.

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