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Charm' is just one of the words, and others like 'winsome' are right there - it manages this without ever feeling forced, without ever feeling twee - and that makes it a triumph.

A dreamily picaresque film most of whose flaws stem from a lack of discipline and a tendency to use its expansive potential as an excuse to move on every time it runs out of ideas.

It is precisely Ed's inertia that makes The Comedian more a sketch than a film of action – and when things do happen, it is almost in spite of the protagonist.

Beautifully observed and with a terrific central performance from Bolger, this is a film that takes a simple story and gives it real power.

Murder is more satisfying than sex

That it comes so close to being fair, to being true, is to its credit.

Screenwriters Eddy Moretti and Shane Smith play rather too fast and loose with the facts at times.