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Bradley Cooper as Richie gives the finest madcap performance of his career.

David O Russell's latest - a shaggy dog mystery with a deliberate air of penny dreadfuls - could do with more straightforward narrative and fewer screwball convolutions.

For those who get into the rhythm of it, this is an instant classic.

A past shines through another layer of the past into a silver screen present that is both familiar and brand-new.

Builds beautifully before losing its nerve, leaving a bitter taste of irony.

There is some verve in the early singing scenes, but overall I was left with the impression that breaking all those conventions was a long, hard slog.

When the price of obedience is a life of lies where humiliation has no bounds, the pent-up desire explodes.

An involving mystery which, alongside its immediate concerns, asks questions about human nature and the inherent mystery of mortality.

Cheerful, bullet-strewn entertainment.

A deceptively simple story, formulaic in places, but full of intriguing undercurrents.

Fanning's sincere face in happiness and disbelief is the essence of the film.

A highly watchable movie, with a protagonist to root for.

The real standout performance is Franco’s.

Creates hauntingly evocative, empty spaces that bleed history.

Joe Johnston directs the action scenes (is there anything else?) with professional efficiency.

A film doesn't have to have a message, or a moral; indeed if its only motive is mercenary then that's fine, as long as it entertains. Kraven just doesn't.

Writer/director Lisa Cholodenko dispenses with cliche in favour of genuine characterisation and her script is a paragon of understatement.

Lacks originality.

Rozema has freed costume drama from the shackles of tradition.

2014's best film of the year.

This is a film about greatness and those who have it thrust upon them.

Almodóvar goes all out with the delights fashion has to offer, bright colours, the joy of transformation - because it is never too late for sartorial metamorphosis.

There are long stretches when nothing much happens

Nothing plays out as you expect, with Ramsay maintaining an unsettling staccato that keeps both the action and the viewer on edge.