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Feeling like watered-down Curtis, the jokes frequently fall flat and you keep waiting for the big laughs that we know he can deliver.

Although displaying much of the barbed wit of his first film, this is a more measured and moving work.

The action scenes in general are well put together, and good use is made of the potential for things to go wrong in space without resorting to too many familiar devices.

Nick Frost's limited comedic talent cannot stretch to a faux South American dance devil with fire in his heels.

The early stretch strikes a nice balance between surprisingly mature human scenes and the soaring spectacle of the Leaf-people’s lives.

If TV sitcom veteran Carrivick’s film debut doesn’t quite milk the film's comic potential to the full there are still worse ways to pass 86 minutes – in this dimension, anyway.

Every one of the Lilliputian characters is so bland and personality-free that they could have been played by the creepy CG Jeff Bridges from TRON: Legacy.

All seven episodes had me laughing out loud a couple of times.

The title might sound risque but the end product is as safe, cosy and unoriginal as a Now That's What I Call Music Christmas gift.

The splendour of the artwork is not matched by the tale being told, which is of the paint-by-numbers variety.

Overall, the film doesn't quite achieve the level of dramatic tension it should.

The tension is too tight to touch

A clear, clean picture without tricks

A mature approach to the subject which is long overdue.

Bill Murray is acceptably crusty, but hardly huggable

Thor: The Dark World is nimble of step in the comedy department but as heavy as a hammer to the chest when it comes to exposition.