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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2013

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013

Galas

Programme

4 films · 4 reviews

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About Time

Review preview for About Time

This is complete hand-waving trash - he's an ignorant, privileged cocky arsehole and good things happen to him. Pass the sick bucket.

Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
A young man who discovers he can travel in time decides to use it to try and get a girlfriend.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Richard Curtis; Writer: Richard Curtis; Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson, Lindsay Duncan, Richard Cordery, Joshua McGuire, Tom Hollander, Margot Robbie, Will Merrick, Vanessa Kirby, Tom Hughes, Clemmie Dugdale, Harry Hadden-Paton, Mitchell Mullen)

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Surprise film

Breathe In

Review preview for Breathe In

Director Drake Doremus handles the material superbly, aware of its pitfalls and sensitive to all the vagaries of human behaviour which make these characters so intriguing.

Robert Munro · 4 out of 5
The arrival of an exchange student reawakens a middle aged man's musical ambitions.

(Country: USA; Year: 2013; Director: Drake Doremus; Writer: Drake Doremus, Ben York Jones; Stars: Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Kyle MacLachlan, Amy Ryan, Alexandra Wentworth, Ben Shenkman, Hugo Becker, Brendan Dooling, Elise Eberle, Lucy Davenport, Mackenzie Davis, Nicole Patrick, Brock Harris, Jenny Anne Hochberg, Naeem Uzimann)

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Opening night gala

Monsters University

Review preview for Monsters University

It's not that the new crowd aren't fun, but they're a distraction from those of us who would prefer to spend more time with the best buddy double-act in the Pixar universe.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Mike and Sulley get some scary life lessons.

(Country: USA; Year: 2013; Director: Dan Scanlon; Writer: Robert L Baird, Daniel Gerson, Dan Scanlon; Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Steve Buscemi, Nathan Fillion, Peter Sohn, Joel Murray)

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Family gala

Not Another Happy Ending

Review preview for Not Another Happy Ending

If there is one positive thing that can be said about the film it is that it lives up to the promise of its title.

Robert Munro · 1 out of 5
A publisher tries to improve an author's creativity by making her life less happy.

(Year: 2013; Director: John McKay; Writer: David Solomons; Stars: Karen Gillan, Stanley Weber, Amy Manson, Iain De Caestecker, Kate Dickie, Freya Mavor, Gary Lewis, Henry Ian Cusick)

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Closing night gala