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Screenwriter Bill Condon and director Rob Marshall have retained the spirit of the original.

Roger Kumble's screenplay lacks the finesse, charm and wit of Choderlos de Laclos's 18th century classic.

Jeff Kaufman's documentary explores the intersection of the personal, the political and the artistic with a focus on understanding what the playwright always advanced as the most important of human endeavours: communication.

The slapstick is not funny, it's violent. A sensitive child will be shocked to tears.

The humour is so crass, to call it dumbed-down would be expansive.

With their Day-Glo colours, singing and attitude to hugging, this is probably one of the few animations that will simultaneously appeal to the very young, any parents nostalgic for rave culture and grandparents who tuned in and dropped out.

A middle of the road rom-com, with decent laughs sprinkled throughout.