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Roache acquits himself well, but the rest of the cast clearly struggle with the awful dialogue.

Caine's presence makes the difference between entertaining nonsense and a rattling good yarn.

Merrick’s history, with its tragedies and triumphs, breaks the barrier between a life less ordinary and a horror comic.

A mixed bag, as while Everett the actor masterfully evokes the mournful mix of decadence and decay of the last years of Wilde, Everett the filmmaker is, like so many before him, too much in love with the brilliant old rogue for his own good.

Plotless, fluffy, pseudo-sentimental rubbish.

The premise pushes its luck in the street cred dept.

The past and present are linked with only limited success.

Love’s approach is consistently fresh and, until the end, when things fall apart a bit, surprisingly original. The writing here is taut, concise and as lean as a whippet.

You wish movies told the truth a bit more. Neeson as working-class hero doesn't wash.

In making V a symbol of vengeance, valiance and victory, V For Vendetta does for a letter of the alphabet what Kill Bill did for the colour yellow.