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Each of the characters here, presumably because they are rooted in truth, is given room to breathe and shows an ability to be changed by circumstance.

Scott’s beacon of light is swallowed up by Stone and Beresford’s heavy-handedness.

Because it wouldn't be a Chris Morris production unless it made me feel horrendously uncomfortable in some way or other, I laughed a lot, realised with horror what nightmarish events I was laughing at, and then started to laugh at that instead.

For all the subtlety in Alexander Stewart's script and the confidence of Henry Darke's direction it is Tyson and Dobson who make the film.

The screenplay and direction deftly let the audience put together the pieces, making the discrepancies plain to see without hitting us over the head with their existence.

Visual indigestion and intellectual flatulence

The action also feels under-powered in places, with set pieces mainly reminding you of other, more accomplished Wallace & Gromit outings, while you long for a bit more of the Gruffalo's heart.

While in plotting terms, the film pretty much stays in the lane you'd expect, it has plenty of heart.

Manages to build suspense and keep you engaged as the action moves across continents.

Judi Dench has become the living embodiment of fine acting, so much so that it is easy to take her for granted. Don't even think it!

Jobling draws attention not just to the cruelty but to the uncivilised nature of a system more interested in the punitive than the productive.