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As comfy and cosily British as a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

Any number of the film’s frames belong in frames, fit to adorn palace walls.

Patel and Kher are worth the price of admission on their own.

To its great merit, the film does not go for romanticizing or exploiting this child's life-threatening dilemma and the impossibly difficult decision-making process can be felt throughout.

There are places where constraint has given Monkey Man opportunities to invent and flourish and it has been fruitful.

It would be difficult to find anything but goodness in Copperfield's personal history and a delight in the way things turn and turn again.

The clashes between characters give this film plenty of catalysts for interesting discussions, and it is refreshing that these discussions are not framed as anything other than three young adults connecting.

The film’s success hinges on its unwillingness to take sides.

Retaining the waspish asides of the first movie but able to bring much more fragility to the fore, Smith effortlessly exposes a contradictory combination of fear and bravery that many older people will find familiar.

An unabashed crowdpleaser.

Michael Winterbottom’s atmospheric thriller is packed full of twists and turns but to focus on trying to anticipate and resolve them is to miss the point.

For fans of Dahl or the director, this is unmissable.